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FABRICATOR
Unique ID: DOR-BA11A2
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A probable fabricator made on a thick flake of light grey brown flint with a mid gloss patina. A long thin piece with a high trapezoidal cross section. The bulb of percussion and platform has been removed.. There is abrupt long scalar retouch down both sides on the dorsal face. The distal end is chipped and abraded, probably through use. Fabricators are a recognisable and distinctive tool type however their function and dating is poorly understood.
Date:Mesolithic to Bronze Age- 8300 - 800 BC
Dimensions: 61 mm x 21 mm x 13.5 mm
Weight: 22 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 13.5 mm
Weight: 22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 23rd April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 020647
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Gillingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7927
Four figure Latitude: 51.041966
Four figure longitude: -2.300912
1:25K map: ST7927
1:10K map: ST72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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