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MICROLITH
Unique ID: SOM-168DD1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Long triangular microlith formed from part of a blade dating to the Mesolithic period (8300-3500 BC). The microlith is formed from part of the central section of the blade. There is one remaining parallel aris running down the length and it is curved in profile. One long edge is the original edge of the blade the other is formed from scalar abrupt retouch, it has a trapezoid cross section. The end opposite the point is a more recent break suggesting it was originally longer. The flint was originally mid grey as shown in the break but is now covered in a deep white patina. It is 19.1mm long, 6.2mm wide at the base and 2.1mm thick, it weighs 0.25 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 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.1 mm
Width: 6.2 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 0.25 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 20738
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)
Parish or ward: Bishop's Lydeard (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1630
Four figure Latitude: 51.063168
Four figure longitude: -3.200088
1:25K map: ST1630
1:10K map: ST13SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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