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GUNFLINT
Unique ID: HESH-B55A11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small rectangular gun flint probably from a small handgun / firearm / pocket pistol of post medieval - modern date (1700-1850 AD). The flint is sub-square in plan and trapezoidal in profile and section. The flint is a light mottled grey colour. The dorsal face has been knapped / worked on all four sides; this work consists of creating sloping edges to give it a trapezoidal side view. The ventral face retains the waves emanating outwards from the point of impact, but the bulb of percussion has been removed. The flint is unabraded suggesting it hasn't been used. The mottled grey nature of the flint suggests that it was produced locally rather than from the industrial knapping centres in Norfolk / Suffolk which is black with fewer impurities / inclusions.
The flint measures 22.7mm length, 14.6mm width, is 4.3mm thick and weighs 7.98 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.7 mm
Width: 16.6 mm
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 7.98 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)
Parish or ward: Ledbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7238
Four figure Latitude: 52.039687
Four figure longitude: -2.409625
1:25K map: SO7238
1:10K map: SO73NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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