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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: LEIC-E7AD97

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Large flint horse shoe scraper, dating to the early Bronze Age. 26mmx27mm and 10mm thick.

Class: Horse shoe

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 2350 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 10 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden (District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7388
Four figure Latitude: 52.48504597
Four figure longitude: -0.92643048
1:25K map: SP7388
1:10K map: SP78NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Discovery circumstances: found whilst walking dog

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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