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DEBITAGE

Unique ID: HESH-6F9977

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Heavily abraded tertiary debitage with multiple flaking areas, although many may be uncontrolled and result from movement in the plough soil. The debitage is most likely waste from tool making in the Neolithic period (3500 - 2100 BC). The flint is a mid greyish green colour with mottled brown inclusions. There is no obvious reworking to form a known tool type.

The debitage measures 28.8mm length, 17.4mm width and is 8.7mm thick; it weighs 4.69 grams

Class: Tertiary

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28.8 mm
Width: 17.4 mm
Thickness: 8.7 mm
Weight: 4.69 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Eggleton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO6345
Four figure Latitude: 52.10208877
Four figure longitude: -2.54159151
1:25K map: SO6345
1:10K map: SO64NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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Recording Institution: HESH
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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