KENT-D7B560: Lamberhurst: Six possible Mesolithic or Neolithic cores

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: KENT-D7B560

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Crude core of dark grey flint. Flakes have been knapped from around the circumference of the core, and there is cortex remaining on the 10% of the surface. It is 31.97mm long, 20.85mm wide, 22.88mm thick and it weighs 14.9 grams. The core is probably Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

Notes:

This core is in the lower left of the photograph.

Class: Core

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.97 mm
Width: 20.85 mm
Thickness: 22.88 mm
Weight: 14.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1960 - Monday 1st January 1990

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Tunbridge Wells (District)
Parish or ward: Lamberhurst (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ6736
Four figure Latitude: 51.098987
Four figure longitude: 0.383724
1:25K map: TQ6736
1:10K map: TQ63NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland

References cited

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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