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FLAKE
Unique ID: LEIC-8DA1E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze age retouched flint flake, 32mm long, 20mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 4.92grams. The flake is sub triangular in form and has a clear striking platform on one side and some surface removals one the other. It has an area of re-touch along its 'straight' edge as indicated.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 4.92 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Rothley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5811
Four figure Latitude: 52.693586
Four figure longitude: -1.143269
1:25K map: SK5811
1:10K map: SK51SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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