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Unique ID: DEV-1C3542
Object type certainty: Certain
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Prehsitoric flint dihedral burin. The end of the blade has probably been struck twice to create the dihedral end; the distal end has been snapped off. Bruce Bradley notes that this in an interesting piece (pers comm 27/3/12).The burin is probably Upper Paleolithic in date.
Class: Dihedral burin
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.5 mm
Width: 20.7 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 7.74 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SX8062
Four figure Latitude: 50.445537
Four figure longitude: -3.691431
1:25K map: SX8062
1:10K map: SX82NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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