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Blade
Unique ID: NCL-F33071
Object type certainty: Certain
A flint blade of the early Neolithic period.
The blade is incomplete, but is rectangular in plan and triangular in section.
There is no reworking of the blade edges, with the edges formed by the natural break of the flint.
The flint is grey in colour with a brown tinge.
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Dimensions and weight
Length: 26.1 mm
Width: 28.03 mm
Thickness: 4.84 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: North East
County: Durham
District: Sedgefield
Parish: Chilton
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: NZ2930
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins
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Identified by: Dr Robert Collins - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Thursday 15th January 2009
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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