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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: FAKL-042412
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Chip. opaque brown flint, one side bears signs of dressing and some cortex, other face has a prominent bulb of percussion. Early Bronze Age. Length 15.5, Width 12.6mm, Thickness 3.3mm, Mass 0.59g.
Class: Chip
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Exactly 1601 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.5 mm
Width: 12.6 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 0.59 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 13th August 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: a ILK 120
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Pendle (District)
To be known as: Laneshaw Bridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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