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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: SUSS-97D313
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A retouched flint flake tool of probable Bronze Age date.
Both the right- and left-hand sides of the secondary flake have low-angle, sub-parallel retouch to the central area. The flint is mid grey and has no obvious recortication.
The tool measures 34.71mm long, by 28.72mm wide, 8.63mm thick and it weighs 10.34 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.71 mm
Width: 28.72 mm
Thickness: 8.63 mm
Weight: 10.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th September 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Brighton and District MDC Rally 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 283/Field 2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
To be known as: Near Blackboys
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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