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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: BH-071C6C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint end scraper of probable Mid Bronze Age to Early Iron Age date (c. 1600 - 401 BC).
The tool has been made from a secondary flake, is sub-rectangular in plan and of broadly trapezoidal cross section. Retouch is confined to the rounded distal end and is long, sub-parallel and abrupt. The angled proximal end represents a deliberate truncation and removal of the striking point. The white surface of the exposed flint indicates deposition within an alkaline soil.
Length: 39.2mm; width: 28.3mm; thickness: 8.8mm. Weight: 11.4g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 1600 BC
Date to: Circa 401 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.2 mm
Width: 28.3 mm
Thickness: 8.8 mm
Weight: 11.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/39 - 32
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ashwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL2538
Four figure Latitude: 52.02633853
Four figure longitude: -0.17950572
1:25K map: TL2538
1:10K map: TL23NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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