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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: KENT-0621D1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint debitage, a flake of Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age, 2,700-1,500BC. The flint is dark grey with some orange and darker grey inclusions. It is a secondary flake with five transverse flake scars on the dorsal surface. . Retouch (short, sub-parallel,, low angle) on the left edge.
42.8mm long, 32.1mm wide, 6.87mm thick and weighs 9.45 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.8 mm
Width: 32.5 mm
Thickness: 6.87 mm
Weight: 9.45 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Sevenoaks (District)
Parish or ward: Penshurst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5143
Four figure Latitude: 51.16631965
Four figure longitude: 0.15832455
1:25K map: TQ5143
1:10K map: TQ54SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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