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ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-51D954
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint architectural fragment or natural river gravel with the under surface made up of connected pot-lid thermal spall pits. These have left a ragged natural margin. This has occurred post-deposition and aquired incipient cream patination. The edges have small semi-abrupt and abrupt removals which are surely natural damage. The entire surface of the other side is made of convergent flake scars with their proximal ends truncated by the thermal losses of flint. The flake scars meet at a slight peak and the section is convex. The surface is river rolled, brown stained and cream and blue patinated.
Notes:
The shading in the drawings suggest conchoidal lines that do not appear in the photographs.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Heamoor
Subsequent action after recording: In a private collection, recorded for academic use
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 93 mm
Width: 68 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight: 130 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 30th July 2012 - Monday 30th July 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 651.1
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Medway (Unitary Authority)
District: Medway (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Haven
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bond, C. | 2005 | PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics | London | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | 77 | fig 5.62, 1 |
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