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FLINT IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: NARC-DA14A2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A flint lithic tool; a thumb nail scraper dating from the early Bronze Age (2150 - 1500 BC). The flint is good quality, in a light brown/toffee colour and is opaque. Oval in plan and sub-conical in section.
It has been retouched extensively around the circumference.
A similar example is figure 70.9 on page 166 of Prehistoric Flintwork by Butler.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: scraper
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2150 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 7.01 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Kettering (District)
Parish or ward: Barton Seagrave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9077
Four figure Latitude: 52.38364663
Four figure longitude: -0.67911308
1:25K map: SP9077
1:10K map: SP97NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 166 |
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