Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-D443C4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete rounded, ovate quartzite pebble of probable Mesolithic date (c . 9000 - 4000 BC). One end has considerable surface damage due to the stone being utilised as a hard hammer stone. Found in an area of intense Mesolithic activity that has produced a large quantity of debitage and blade cores along with typical Mesolithic tool types.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 56mm in length, 54mm in width, 41mm in thickness and 198g in weight.
Notes:
Recorded from images and infomration kindly supplied by the finder via email.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 56 mm
Width: 54 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight: 198 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SO9384
Four figure Latitude: 52.45390792
Four figure longitude: -2.1044354
1:25K map: SO9384
1:10K map: SO98SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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