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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LANCUM-CCF983
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Possibly jet or pitch stone dating from the Neolithic or Bronze Age, that is c. 3500BC-800BC. Large fragment weighs 4g, the smallers ones 2g and 1g respectively.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 4
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th October 2011
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Carlisle (District)
To be known as: Kingwater
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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