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BLADE
Unique ID: CPAT-71BD32
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete blade or knife made on a flake. Both long, thin cutting edges show signs of retouch on the dorsal surface. The distal end still has a small area of buff-coloured cortex in situ, the proximal end has a clear bulb of percussion. The ventral surface is flat with conchoidal ripples down its length. The tool has a roughly triangular section. The flint is a mottled grey/brown colour. The tool is still quite sharp and appears not to have been extensively rolled since loss/deposition. It was recovered from a rabbit burrow or material excavated by rabbits on the Wat's Dyke Path.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Northop (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ2367
Four figure Latitude: 53.194486
Four figure longitude: -3.153994
1:25K map: SJ2367
1:10K map: SJ26NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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