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BLADE
Unique ID: WMID-376615
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Mesolithic notched blade. There are two notches and further retouch along the left lateral edge (when held with dorsal side facing). The opposite lateral edge has also been subject to some retouch. It is uncertain whether both sides would have had a function, or whether one would have been hafted. However, given that both sides have been subject to retouch they may have fulfilled different functions. The flint is pale grey in colour. It measures 27.33 mm long, 11.07 mm wide, 3.89 mm thick and weighs 1.1 grams. It is sub-triangular in section.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 4500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.33 mm
Width: 11.07 mm
Thickness: 3.89 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 31st December 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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: SO7049
Four figure Latitude: 52.138475
Four figure longitude: -2.439753
1:25K map: SO7049
1:10K map: SO74NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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