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FLAKE
Unique ID: DOR-58F973
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Two flint flakes, one is a secondary flake and the other is a tertiary flint flake. Both flakes have flaking scars, a bulb of percussion and a visible striking platform. Both flakes are heavily patinated.
Date: Neolithic to Early Bronze Age
Total weight - 4.24 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 4.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001 - Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC 020206
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Horsington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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