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WORKED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM6273
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
gray flint with basic working towards one end resulting in it becoming more rounded, perhaps used as a scraper.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.3 mm
Width: 26.9 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 7.95 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: BIGBY
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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