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BLADE
Unique ID: NMGW194
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 10000 BC
Date to: 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 15th September 2000
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA:2000.126.3
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Merthyr Tydfil (Unitary Authority)
District: Merthyr Tydfil (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Blaencanaid
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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