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BLADE

Unique ID: SOMDOR540

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Fragment of flint blade. Recently plough damaged. Light grey glossy patinated flint (core material is dark grey).

Notes:

PAL 568

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 700 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 10 mm
Width: 8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: SOMERSET WEST BAGBOROUGH

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Audit data

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

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