Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: SOM-03C955
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation
Proximal end of a knapped flint tool, probably a knife, possibly a scraper, probably of Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date. Made on a large, thick tertiary flake with prominent bulb on the ventral face and evidence of a previous large removal from the same direction on the dorsal face. Long, scalar, semi-abrupt retouch down both sides. Snap at distal end with chips or possibly some deliberate tidying retouch along lower edge. Mid-grey flint with paler mottling. 30.1mm long, 22.6mm wide, 7.1mm thick; it weighs 5.80 grams.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.1 mm
Width: 22.6 mm
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 5.8 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th February 2012
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Other reference: SCC reciept 20736
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 0.01 metre square.
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