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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: NARC-DACCC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A large thumbnail scraper made from light grey flint. Cortex still present across the 'upper' surface. Bulb of percussion avisible on the cortex free surface and pressure flaking visible around the edges. Neolithic. Sub-oval in plan, 34mm long and 30mm wide.
Class: scraper
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 11th February 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chillerton and Gatcombe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SZ4884
Four figure Latitude: 50.65371
Four figure longitude: -1.322364
1:25K map: SZ4884
1:10K map: SZ44NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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