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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: LEIC-B4D542
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Neolithic? flint scraper, 69mm long, 47mm wide and 18mm thick. The object is in good condition with a greyish patina and weighs 46.17 grams. The scraper is 'leaf shaped' with a wide rounded lower edge containing a bulb of percussion and a smaller rounded worked end. It is finely worked just on the rounded tip, with deep removals. the object is heavily recorticated however, which indicates an early date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 3500 BC
Date to: 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 69 mm
Width: 47 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight: 46.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 14th July 2007
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Leighfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8104
Four figure Latitude: 52.62772505
Four figure longitude: -0.80474765
1:25K map: SK8104
1:10K map: SK80SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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