SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: LIN-CA0883

Object type certainty: Certain

A large flint scraper. The scraper is oval in plan with a flat lozenge shaped striking platform. The flint is worked at the distal end. The dorsal surface has two broad flake scars. The flint is chalky-white in colour.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 42 mm
Width: 38 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
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: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: South Kesteven
Parish: Old Somerby

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SK9632
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Monday 5th December 2011
    Updated: Monday 5th December 2011

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