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KNIFE
Unique ID: NARC-2CB225
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Mesolithic flint knife formed from a flake. The flake is partially cortical, with approximately one third of the dorsal face, on the right side, covered with a brown cortex. There is retouch along the lateral edge on the dorsal face, removing the cortex along the edge. This may have been to blunt the edge, facilitating more comfortable handling, or it may have been to ease its fitting into a handle or haft of some sort. The left lateral edge has a small amount of retouch, but otherwise the edge is naturally very sharp. There is also possible retouch at the distal end, which may have allowed this end to have been used as a scraper. The tool measures 38.49 mm long, 16.22 mm wide, 4.74 mm thick and weighs 3.3 grams. It is sub triangular in section. The flint is a grey to cream colour.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 4500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.49 mm
Width: 16.22 mm
Thickness: 4.74 mm
Weight: 3.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cradley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7149
Four figure Latitude: 52.138529
Four figure longitude: -2.425143
1:25K map: SO7149
1:10K map: SO74NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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