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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: DUR-8D9F34
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint flake with signs it had some work to try to make it into a leaf-shaped arrowhead. Neolithic to Bronze Age in date- c.3500- 1500 BC.
It is made from a toffee coloured flint with some white inclusions. There is small piece of cortex still remaining on the upper left-hand corner (when viewing photograph). On the upper face there is an almost central ridge running from left to right, formed by two flakes having been taken off.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With NE FLO- finder kindly donated this item for handling collection
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to the Scheme for educational use
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.67 mm
Width: 24.6 mm
Thickness: 3.96 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd October 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Stillington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5867
Four figure Latitude: 54.09564
Four figure longitude: -1.114648
1:25K map: SE5867
1:10K map: SE56NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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