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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-047BB6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Dark grey flint, two fragments with patches of misty patina probable debitage. Three irregular flakes showing hard hammer flake removal from their dorsal sides and with ripples on the ventral side of the largest, a bulb on the ventral side of the smallest, and trimming of a bulb on the third. Suggested date: Bronze Age, 2350-800 BC.
Combined Weight: 14.80gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Weight: 14.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27298a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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