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FLINT IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LVPL-F89067
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lithic implement probably dating to the Neolithic period, (3500-2100BC). It is sub-triangular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The cortex remains on one side of the object. The opposite side is smooth and brownish grey in colour. Three of the narrower edges have been retouched. The object would have been pointed at one corner, however this has broken away.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.23 mm
Width: 20.41 mm
Thickness: 8.02 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Delamere
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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