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FLINT IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: DEV-EBEE15
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Prehistoric flint implement. The implement is possibly a scraper. It is of a pale grey-yellow flint and there are signs of possible retouching on one side.
Notes:
Item recorded at Otterton finds day July 2010
Class: Scraper
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 31st July 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Lyme Regis (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY3492
Four figure Latitude: 50.723858
Four figure longitude: -2.936384
1:25K map: SY3492
1:10K map: SY32SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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