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POINT
Unique ID: LON-F92404
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A bone point which may date to the late Early Medieval but is essentially undateable. This bone point has been crudely worked on the long bone of an animal; one end has been roughly shaped to form a point. There is some evidence of wear. The opposite end to the point is roughly broken.
Dimensions: length: 106.01mm; width: 12.07mm; thickness: 6.95mm; weight: 10.23g.
Identification by Jackie Keily, Curator, Museum of London.
Notes:
This group of material LON-F92404; LON-F92CF1; LON-F92F30; LON-F932D8 were all found together within a small area (within 3m) on a patch of the foreshore that is eroding.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 106.01 mm
Width: 12.07 mm
Thickness: 6.95 mm
Weight: 10.23 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Animal skeletal material
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Wandsworth (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Thamesfield (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2376
Four figure Latitude: 51.469607
Four figure longitude: -0.230549
1:25K map: TQ2376
1:10K map: TQ27NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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