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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-7E4EB3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Small oval shaped tertiary flake of debitage (waste from knapping from 3rd / final phase of tool production). The flake has multiple removals in several differing directions suggesting a Neolithic or later date. The edges of the flake have not be reworked to form a scraper. The flint is a dary grey colour with slight mottled surface
The waste flake measures 21.5mm long, 18.4mm wide, 6.6mm thick. It weighs 2.0 grams.
Class: Tertiary
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
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 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.5 mm
Width: 18.4 mm
Thickness: 6.6 mm
Weight: 2 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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