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CORE

Unique ID: NLM-16A0E0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Grey flint with cortex, patinated. Core. Knapped flint with four long parallel flake removal scars on one face, and similar scars on an adjacent edge; these faces have subsequently acquired a mottled white and bluish patinated surface over what a recent break reveals to be a mid grey flint. Suggested date: Early Neolithic,4000-3501 BC.

Length: 34mm, Width: 32.6mm, Thickness: 23.1mm, Weight: 30.72gms.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 32.6 mm
Thickness: 23.1 mm
Weight: 30.72 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th May 2013

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM22730a

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Stainton Le Vale (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF2095
Four figure Latitude: 53.43812609
Four figure longitude: -0.19499484
1:25K map: TF2095
1:10K map: TF29NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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