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BLADE
Unique ID: SOMDOR1290
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
PAL 806Class: Bladelet
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 10000 BC
Date to: 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 7.5 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 0.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st September 1999
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: SOMERSET CHILTHORNE DOMER
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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