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KNIFE
Unique ID: GAT-D8A240
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Sub circular stone implement, lenticular in section. It is fashioned from a fine dark greenish gray, close grained, hard stone containing frequent white flecks. One side is very smooth, the other appears to have been flaked or split leaving a rougher irregular surface. The proximal end is thick and has what appears to be part of the original surface still surviving at the top of the ventral side; the implement thins towards the distal end. There is what appears to be very rough retouch around the edges away from the butt. This is mostly visible on the dorsal side suggesting it was worked from the ventral side. It was found on the foreshore and appears to have been heavily rounded and polished since deposition.
Interpretation: Possibly a very crude discoidal knife formed by splitting a pebble and retouching the edges to provide a cutting tool. Late Neolithic?
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 74.25 mm
Width: 65.77 mm
Thickness: 17.59 mm
Weight: 98.5 g
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: PRN32733
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gwynedd (Unitary Authority)
District: Gwynedd (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Nefyn (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SH2641
Four figure Latitude: 52.938114
Four figure longitude: -4.590654
1:25K map: SH2641
1:10K map: SH24SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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