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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: SF-F841B1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An unpatinated long flint flake. It is struck from a dark red/brown flint with prominent bulb of percussion and cortex remaining on the striking platform and along one edge. There are parallel flake scars on the dorsal face and limited edge retouch. It measures 50.14mm in length, 31.22mm in width, 6.75mm in thickness and 10.55g in weight. This flake is of probable Neolithic date, if not slightly earlier, c.3500-2100 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.14 mm
Width: 31.22 mm
Thickness: 6.75 mm
Weight: 10.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Westhorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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