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BLADE

Unique ID: NMGW345

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Mesolithic-Neolithic flint blade - modern damage (medial fragment). Length 26mm, Width 14mm, thickness 2mm.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Post 10000 BC
Date to: Ante 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

Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Merthyr Tydfil (Unitary Authority)
District: Merthyr Tydfil (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Troed-y-Rhiw (Community)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO0304
Four figure Latitude: 51.7262985
Four figure longitude: -3.40579604
1:25K map: SO0304
1:10K map: SO00SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Current location: Returned to finder
General landuse: Woodland
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

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Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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