Rights Holder: Cambridgeshire County Council
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Unique ID: CAM-6EF3B7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cherty river gravel flint waste flake that has been utilised as a quasi thumb nail scraper. The flake shows obvious signs of having been worked, including a hinge fracture and bulb of percussion. This flake is broadly dated from the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age.
Weight is 7.45g, length 28.05mm, width 28.40mm thickness 8.08mm.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.05 mm
Width: 28.4 mm
Thickness: 8.08 mm
Weight: 7.45 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2011 - Thursday 30th June 2011
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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