Rights Holder: St. Albans District Council
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Unique ID: BH-078FEE
Object type certainty: Certain
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A flint scraper of uncertain date.
The tool is suboval in plan, of 'D-shaped' section and has been made from a tertiary flake. Retouch, which covers the proximal end, truncating the bulb of percussion, is long, sub-parallel and abrupt to semi-abrupt. The white surface is the result of deposition within alkaline soil.
Length: 21.8mm; width: 30.9mm; thickness: 6.5mm. Weight: 3.87g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.8 mm
Width: 30.9 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 3.87 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Other reference: Ver 14/39 - 46
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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.
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