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Unique ID: PUBLIC-FE3493
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medium brown flint, dark brown at the distal end, with white mottling. Just over 4 centimeters long, 1.2 centimeters at its widest. Some cortex left on the distal end and a few negatives of previously knapped-off bits on the dorsal face (including one negative of a bulb and compression rings from a previous flake near the striking platform). A few small retouches on the sharp sides. Plump bulb with close and clearly visible compression rings. Eraillure on the bulb, flake triangular in section.
Notes:
As far as I know, no lithics implements have been recorded in Malpas (Cheshire) so far, and there is relatively little evidence in the village for pre-Roman occupation.
Class: Blade
Current location of find: Malpas, Cheshire
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 12 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th May 2012
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SJ4846
Four figure Latitude: 53.00877149
Four figure longitude: -2.77643291
1:25K map: SJ4846
1:10K map: SJ44NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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