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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: DUR-0EA911
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint implement, possibly an unfinished scraper, Neolithic- Bronze Age in date.
It is made from a light-grey flint with white patches. It is almost semi-circular in plan and is curved at the flat end. The curved edge appears to have some retouch although this is not extensive. Conchoidal ripples are visible from the flat base up towards the curved edge.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.17 mm
Width: 17.25 mm
Thickness: 3.17 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 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: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Sharow (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE3271
Four figure Latitude: 54.133856
Four figure longitude: -1.511755
1:25K map: SE3271
1:10K map: SE37SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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