Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-23AB91
Object type certainty: Probably
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A struck flint biface, similar in form to a small ovate handaxe, but probably a large Laurel-leaf type point. It is struck from an unpatinated pale to medium grey flint, is quite thick and large with leaf shaped form and all-over bifacial working. The object measures 82.19mm in length, 55.42mm in width, 20.29mm in thickness and 68.08g in weight. It is of probable Neolithic date, c.4000-2550 BC.
Class: LAUREL LEAF
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2551 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 82.19 mm
Width: 55.42 mm
Thickness: 20.29 mm
Weight: 68.08 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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