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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: LANCUM-9F64A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A chert and flint assemblage, probably Mesolithic, consisting of a broken flint microlith, a chert tool possibly broken, and three waste flakes. Dating from c8300 - c4500 BC.
1-Speckled black chert tool - possibly broken - with the top of the tool being a fine grained, hard, silicated grey limestone.. 10x6x3mm, 0.8grms.
2-Broken black flint microlith. 6x3x7.5mm, less than 0.1grms.
3-Speckled black chert waste flake. 8x4.5x4mm, less than 0.1grms.
4-Speckled black chert waste flake. 6x4.5x2mm, less than 0.1grms.
5-Speckled black chert waste flake. 11.5x8x3mm, less than 0.1grms.
Notes:
A number of other chert lithic items, & a few flint ones, were also found in the vicinity. John Hallam directed a dig in the area some time ago. There is an account of the excavation in David Barrowclough's book "Prehistoric Lancashire".
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 4500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 5
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd June 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: LANCUM-9F28D3
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
To be known as: Salesbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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