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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: BH-074A02
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint side and end scraper of probable Mid Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (c. 1600 - 401 BC).
The tool has been made from a secondary flake, is sub-rectangular in plan and of irregular cross section. The left-hand mesial side has long, sub-parallel and semi-abrupt retouch; this retouch continues to the rounded distal end, where it becomes abrupt. The flake has been struck from a natural nodule or little-worked core. A striking point and ripples are visible at the proximal end of the ventral surface. The white surface of the exposed flint indicates deposition within an alkaline soil.
Length: 45.5mm; width: 28.7mm; thickness: 10mm. Weight: 12.32g.
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: 45.5 mm
Width: 28.7 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 12.32 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/39 - 71
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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