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BLADE
Unique ID: LEIC-22AA97
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Mesolithic flint blade, 35mm long, 12mm wide, 5mm thick and weighing 3.89grams.
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: 8300 BC
Date to: 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 3.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th August 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Barrow (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8914
Four figure Latitude: 52.716347
Four figure longitude: -0.683891
1:25K map: SK8914
1:10K map: SK81SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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