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DISCOIDAL KNIFE
Unique ID: DOR-8C2CE2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A bifacially worked flint tool which could loosely be termed a discoidal knife. The flint is pale grey with a heavy, matt, off-white patina and considerable iron staining. The implement is sub-circular in plan and has numerous flake removal scars on both faces. The flaking is mainly from the edges of the implement. The continuous cutting edge is straight,.The dorsal face is convex and the ventral face is much flatter, producing a plano-convex profile.
Date: Neolithic - 3500 - 2100 BC
Dimensions: 85 mm x 70 mm x 29 mm
Weight: 166 g
Class: Knife
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 85 mm
Width: 70 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight: 166 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2011 - Friday 11th May 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 020664
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Dorchester (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY6790
Four figure Latitude: 50.708691
Four figure longitude: -2.46872
1:25K map: SY6790
1:10K map: SY60SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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