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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SOM-8E6E07
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Knapped flint side scraper made on a secondary flake. It is broadly triangular in plan with a straight proximal edge, one straight retouched side and one more irregular chipped side. There is a very prominent bulb of percussion on the ventral face with a tiny bulb scar. The scars on the dorsal face show previous removals were small and from at least two points on the same platform. There is a small (less than 5%) patch of cortex at the distal end.
The retouch extends around the right side on the dorsal face. It is short, scalar and abrupt becoming longer towards the distal end where the flake is thicker. The other edge is chipped on both faces.
It is 26.5mm long, 25.6mm wide and 6.6mm thick; it weighs 4.57g. The flint is black, the cortex suggests pebble flint but the quality suggests a downland origin.
The thickness of the flake and large bulb of percussion suggests hard hammer working and the width/length ration 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: 26.5 mm
Width: 25.6 mm
Thickness: 6.6 mm
Weight: 4.57 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: Complete
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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