Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: SOM-772A05
Object type certainty: Certain
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A retouched tertiary flake probably Neolithic in date. It is broadly of elongated trapezoidal form with a 'butt' of straight sides, the side having tapered gradually from the wide end. The retouch varies on the dorsal face and is abrupt to one side, and more gradual at the other and the wide end. The shape of the flake is reminiscent of transverse arrowheads of the tranchet type but the cutting edge seems too thick for this purpose, though it may have been truncated. The function of this flake therefore cannot be given with precision.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 24.1 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 4.33 g
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Other reference: SCC receipt 21987
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Uncertain
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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