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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-0A59A6
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint
Possible debitage; the finder asserts flint does not naturally occur in the area of findspot. The colour and the fractured appearance of one end may alternatively hint that this flint has been fractured by heating. Suggested date: Unknown, Neolithic to Bronze Age, 3500-800 BC.
Length: 13.6mm, Width: 12.9mm, Thickness: 6.9mm, Weight: 1.47gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.6 mm
Width: 12.9 mm
Thickness: 6.9 mm
Weight: 1.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 13th April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM18860
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Belton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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