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KNIFE
Unique ID: NMGW1127
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
Such fine knives as this plano-convex example are not uncommonly found in burials dating to the Early Bronze Age, for example as at Letterston, Pembrokeshire. Interpretive notes on the Porth-gain assemblage are held by the Department of Archaeology & Numismatics, National Museum & Gallery Cardiff.Class: Plano-convex knife
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2000
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA:2000.128.1269
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Pembrokeshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Pembrokeshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Porthgain
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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