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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NCL-53CC67
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A knapped flint scraper, probably of Neolithic-Bronze Age date, c. 3000-2000 BC.
The scraper is sub-triangular in plan view, worked only on one face in a honey-brown coloured flint. The dorsal face has had some retouch on the broad face (long, subparallel, low angled) and some on the edges (short, scaled, low-angled). There is no retouch ont he ventral face.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3000 BC
Date to: Circa 2000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.92 mm
Width: 21.77 mm
Thickness: 4.41 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th April 2014 - Monday 5th May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Framwellgate Moor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2846
Four figure Latitude: 54.80809004
Four figure longitude: -1.56589756
1:25K map: NZ2846
1:10K map: NZ24NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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