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BLADE
Unique ID: NARC-BD4930
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A broken Mesolithic blade. The remains of the blade measure 20.0 mm long, 11.62 mm wide, 3.14 mm thick and weighs 0.7 grams. It is trapezoidal in section. A different colour in the patina at the break suggests that the break occurred sometime after the original deposition of the flint.
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: 20 mm
Width: 11.62 mm
Thickness: 3.14 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 19th 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: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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