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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: KENT-178A7E
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint end scraper dating to the period c. 2700 - 1601 BC. The Scraper is rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in section. It is a secondary flake of pale grey with darker inclusions. The distal surface has two negative flake scars. The distal edge has been blunted with covering retouch to create the end scraper. Retouch short, abrupt, scaled, retouch.
34.1mm long, 19.7mm wide, 6.6mm thick and weighs 6.1 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Exactly 1601 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.1 mm
Width: 19.7 mm
Thickness: 6.6 mm
Weight: 6.05 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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