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BLADE
Unique ID: HESH-C9F5C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete chert blade of probable later Mesolithic date (6500BC - 3500BC). The flint blade is irregular in plan being broadly crescent shaped; in cross section it is triangular (crested). The bulb of percussion is present on the ventral (lower) face but the striking platform has been removed by abrasion. The dorsal face has been reworked with the exterior curved edge being retouched. The chert is a mid creamy grey mottled colour. It has been rolled in the ploughsoil resulting in damage to some of the edges. The chert is likely to have come from a seam present along the welsh border. The blade is most likely to have been used as a multi-functional cutting and scraping tool.
The blade measures 54.5mm length, 15.4mm width, is 9.3mm thick and weighs 9.8 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6500 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.5 mm
Width: 15.4 mm
Thickness: 9.3 mm
Weight: 9.8 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)
To be known as: Lugwardine
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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