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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: SOM-D10968
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Central section of a knapped chert blade. The blade is broken at both the ventral and distal ends. At the ventral end the bulb of percussion has been removed by an irregular snap. There is a knapped notch to the right side which probably started the snap but it has not snapped evenly, creating a point down the left edge. The distal end is straight with short, scalar retouch. It is dark brown flint and is 28.7mm long, 22.8mm wide and 5.3mm thick, it weighs 3.32 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: 1
Length: 28.7 mm
Width: 22.8 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 3.32 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: Incomplete
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.
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