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BLADE
Unique ID: SOM-D0A937
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragments of six tertiary chert blades. One proximal end, two middle sections and three distal ends. The blades have neat snaps, and on some, there is clear evidence of deliberate notching. The blades show evidence on the dorsal faces of multiple previous parallel removals. The proximal piece has a clear bulb of percussion. One is in pale buff chert, two in mid-grey chert and three in white mottled chert with small mottles of black and dark grey. They weigh 11.18 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 6
Weight: 11.18 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 20884
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: Bishops Lydeard
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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