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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-F2E7C6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A chunk or chip of mottled mid grey coloured tertiary debitage of probable Neolithic - Iron Age date. The flake is irregular in plan and section with a number of old regular and modern irregular flake removals. The upper edge seems to be reworked with direct retouch - although this may be a modern artefact of movement in the soil. The flake measures 25.1mm length, 11.8mm width, is 7.4mm thick and weighs 1.6 grams.
Class: Tertiary
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.1 mm
Width: 11.8 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd May 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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