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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: NLM-480345

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Sub oval, mottled grey. Retouch around three quarters on the outside edge. The underside was made by the removal of one flake, the top side is crested.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 37.6 mm
Width: 34.6 mm
Thickness: 11.6 mm
Weight: 17.13 g

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Other reference numbers

Museum accession number: nlm7585

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Girton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK8766
Four figure Latitude: 53.183993
Four figure longitude: -0.69955
1:25K map: SK8766
1:10K map: SK86NE
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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Audit data

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

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