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BURIN

Unique ID: SWYOR-E7A306

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Mesolithic to Neolithic flint burin formed on an flake of light grey flint with a mottled patina. It has invasive working over both faces. One end has been formed into a burin or awl.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27.9 mm
Width: 16.69 mm
Thickness: 4.32 mm
Weight: 1.72 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st July 2012 - Wednesday 3rd October 2012

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1993

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: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Hooton Levitt (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK5390
Four figure Latitude: 53.404168
Four figure longitude: -1.204273
1:25K map: SK5390
1:10K map: SK59SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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