LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LEIC-7F2043
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Late Neolithic flint dagger 52mm long, 17mm wide and 5mm thick in its centre. The flint is in good condition with a grey patina and is finely worked. The flint shows clear signs of being hafted into a handle, being markedly thinner and more roughly worked. The rest of the object has been very finely worked and has a possibly deliberate knick out of one side of its blade.
Notes:
Finder unknown, reported by Mr Ray Howitt
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 2500 BC
Date to: 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 52 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th September 2006
Personal details
Recorded by: Wendy
Scott
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Identified by: Wendy
Scott - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands
County: Leicestershire
District: Melton
Parish: Scalford
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7624
Four figure Latitude: 52.808204 Four figure longitude: -0.873982
1:25K map: SK7624
1:10K map: SK72SE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Wednesday 13th September 2006
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
