BLADE

Unique ID: NMGW-A1D774

Object type certainty:
Workflow status: Published

Blade with a ventral removal and with a sand-gloss, made on grey flint with a yellowish patina

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Dimensions and weight

Length: 36 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2003

Personal details

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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]

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Spatial metadata

Region: Wales
County: Bridgend
District: Bridgend
Parish: Cynffig

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SS2818
Four figure Latitude: 50.935729 Four figure longitude: -4.449277
1:25K map: SS2818
1:10K map: SS21NE
WOEID: 26346951
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 0.1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find [scope notes]
General landuse: Coastland[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Other[scope notes]

Adjacent Domesday Book places

Meddon

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