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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: FAKL-2021B9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Flint scraper of late prehistoric date. Fragment of a light grey, opaque flint cobble, cortex surviving in one area. The cobble was broken by natural agencies and was recorticated before being retouched to form two scraping edges; one a deep notch, the other a crude, straight edge. both were made using short, scaled, abrupt retouch. Both the use of a naturally broken flint and the crudity of the retouch point to a late date. 31.6 x 27.3 x 15.6mm, Mass 16.35g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa 100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.6 mm
Width: 27.3 mm
Thickness: 15.6 mm
Weight: 16.35 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 15th April 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Broughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9608
Four figure Latitude: 53.55984937
Four figure longitude: -0.55217315
1:25K map: SE9608
1:10K map: SE90NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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