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FLAKED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM5633
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Large lancet shaped worked flint implement.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Identification changed from 'Scraper' to 'Flaked Axehead'. Dating changed from 'Mesolithic 6000BC-' to 'Mesolithic 6000-4000' following source record. Method of discovery changed from 'metal detector' to 'fieldwalking'. Drawing ref. added. Location changed to 'Willoughby with Sloothby' to match plot.
Class: Adze
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6000 BC
Date to: 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 137 mm
Width: 49 mm
Thickness: 29.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM2403
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: LINCOLNSHIRE WELTON LE MARSH
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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