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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SOM-8E41C5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Knapped flint end scraper made on a tertiary flake. It is broadly rectangular in plan with probable breaks down both sides at the proximal end and may originally have been more D-shaped or thumbnail shaped. There is a very prominent bulb of percussion on the ventral face with bulb scars. As well as the breaks on the edges there is a hinge fracture from damage or a failed removal covering the proximal end of the dorsal face. The remaining scars on the dorsal face show previous removals were from a different platform at about 45 degrees.
The retouch extends around the right side of the distal end on the dorsal face. It is long to invasive, sub-parallel and abrupt on the distal end. The distal end is battered from damage or use. The remainder of the distal end and adjacent side is extensively chipped on the ventral face from use. The remaining edges are lost to the breaks mentioned above.
It is 23.0mm long, 28.6mm wide and 8.2mm thick; it weighs 5.43g. The flint is dark grey with mid-grey areas, probably downland flint which has been weathered.
The thickness of the flake and large bulb of percussion suggests hard hammer working and the multi-platform working suggests Bronze Age date, c. 2350 to 800 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 28.6 mm
Thickness: 8.2 mm
Weight: 5.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2013 - Sunday 31st March 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 22463
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Carhampton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST0043
Four figure Latitude: 51.17746061
Four figure longitude: -3.431953
1:25K map: ST0043
1:10K map: ST04SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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