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Unique ID: LANCUM-58A2C7
Object type certainty: Certain
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Worked Pennines chert scraper possibly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic 6500-2900 BC. The chert is grey in colour with cortex. There are known sources of chert in the South Pennines and this may well be naturally occurring around Boulsworth Hill and Thursden. The length is 26mm, width 18mm, thickness 3mm and the weight is 3.43.
Class: chert
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6500 BC
Date to: Circa 2900 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 3.43 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th October 2009
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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