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BLADE

Unique ID: NLM-491E43

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Oval flint nodule with most of the cortex remaining on the obverse and 20% in the reverse. Nodule has been struck in two semicircular backed blade on at the forward left edge.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 96.6 mm
Width: 29.5 mm
Thickness: 14.2 mm
Weight: 44.8 g

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Other reference numbers

Museum accession number: nlm7557

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
To be known as: lenton

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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