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PERFORATED OBJECT
Unique ID: DOR-F67E61
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Half of a pebble mace. Made from an orangey-grey quartzite pebble. It was originally sub-oval in shape. The perforation has an hour-glass profile indicating that it was made using a solid bit, drilling halfway from each side. Date: These are often dated to the Mesolithic, but may well also be later in date (Neolithic). Dimensions: 58 mm x 65 mm x 29 mm. Hole diameter: 20 mm at top, 14 mm at centre. Weight: 140 g
Class: Pebble mace
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58 mm
Width: 65 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight: 140 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd May 2007
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Gussage All Saints
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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