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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: KENT-C1AE63
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Prehistoric probable late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age. Sub-rectangular, convex/convex, medium size, slightly mottled pale grey secondary debitage. Bulb of percussion with bulbar scar, small platform and feint ripples but some slight edge damage. Cortex on half the dorsal surface with three main flake beds on the rest. This is likely to date between 2500BC-1500BC. Refs. Detector Finds 5, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2002. 9-15 Fig. 2, Prehistoric Flintwork, Chris Butler, reprint 2011, The History Press, page 36, Fig. 14 No. 3. The flint is 39.8mm long, 21.56mm wide, 12.62mm thick and weighs 9.55g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.8 mm
Width: 21.56 mm
Thickness: 12.62 mm
Weight: 9.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 20th September 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SF.45
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Sevenoaks (District)
Parish or ward: Shoreham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5160
Four figure Latitude: 51.31907239
Four figure longitude: 0.16548769
1:25K map: TQ5160
1:10K map: TQ56SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2002 | Detector Finds 5 | Great Britain | Greenlight Publishing | 9-15 | Fig. 2 | |
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 36 | Fig. 14 No. 3 |
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