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FLAKE

Unique ID: WMID6024

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

The flake maybe a tool, the lower edge appears to have been knapped formin a point. The flake is otherwise multi faceted. The flint is a brown grey colour.

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 700 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.65 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

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Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Croxden (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK0537
Four figure Latitude: 52.930383
Four figure longitude: -1.927064
1:25K map: SK0537
1:10K map: SK03NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: WMID
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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