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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: SWYOR-D6DD91
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint multi functional tool dating from the Neolithic period, about 3500 BC - 2100 BC. The tool is formed on a blade of translucent grey flint which is slightly patinated and which is lozenge shaped in section. The distal end is a hinged termination. The proximal end has been removed and retouched on an oblique angled. The right edge has invasive retouch forming a knife blade, and the left edge has abrupt retouch at the proximal end to form a scraping edge.
Class: multi functional tool
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.33 mm
Width: 13.69 mm
Thickness: 4.21 mm
Weight: 1.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 28th April 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS Reference Number 1851
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bradford (Metropolitan District)
District: Bradford (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Baildon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE1441
Four figure Latitude: 53.86502945
Four figure longitude: -1.78859932
1:25K map: SE1441
1:10K map: SE14SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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