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FLAKE
Unique ID: WMID-17DDE4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A knapped flint of prehistoric date, possibly Neolithic. The flake does not appear to have been retouched after having been struck from the core. The flake is not of a good quality flint and has inconsistencies including an area of cortex. This is perhaps why it was not selected for further adaption. It is a pale grey to white in colour with an area of pale brown cortex.
Find not photographed.
Notes:
Finder's site B.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.34 mm
Width: 15.27 mm
Thickness: 5.08 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th October 2011 - Tuesday 31st January 2012
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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: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Swinfen and Packington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1107
Four figure Latitude: 52.660611
Four figure longitude: -1.838804
1:25K map: SK1107
1:10K map: SK10NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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