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MICROLITH
Unique ID: HESH-43D5F7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint 'backed / blunted' microlith, formed from the tip of a snapped blade of probable Mesolithic date (6500-3500 BC). The microlith is formed from a section of blade which has been snapped. It is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. The upper left hand edge and oblique point has been reworked with regular evenly spaced flakes. It is likely that this microlith would have been set with several others into a tool, such as a harpoon, or multiple toothed blade. The flint is a light grey white colour.
The microlith measures 14.2mm in length, 3.1mm width, is 2.0mm thick and weighs 0.21 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6500 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.2 mm
Width: 3.1 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 0.21 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Clungunford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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