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Unique ID: WAW-22FCB6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Mesolithic or Neolithic flint blade: It is sub-rectangular in plan and is sub-triangular in section. The dorsal surface has two predominant vertical scars, with a slender third having been removed from one edge. This edge, at a later date has been re-touched as the patina has been removed, and a notch has been formed at the proximal end. It measures 31.93mm long, 11.98mm wide, 5.88mm thick and weighs 1.5g. The flint is mottled pale brown/grey.
The blade dates to the Mesolithic to early Neolithic periods (-8300 - -2900).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2900 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.93 mm
Width: 11.98 mm
Thickness: 5.88 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 31st October 2010
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Other reference: Finders Reference Site 2 No. 156
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SO7049
Four figure Latitude: 52.138475
Four figure longitude: -2.439753
1:25K map: SO7049
1:10K map: SO74NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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