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BURIN
Unique ID: BH-05BC93
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Mesolithic flint burin.
The tool is subtriangular in plan, with several longitudinal ridges on its dorsal surface, and a flat ventral surface with pronounced bulb. The distal end has been worked to a wedge-shaped point. The surfaces of the flint are patinated.
Length: 36.4mm; width: 17.2mm; thickness: 9.6mm. Weight: 5.16g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 4001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.4 mm
Width: 17.2 mm
Thickness: 9.6 mm
Weight: 5.16 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Bedford 3177 - 7
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Pertenhall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0865
Four figure Latitude: 52.27255577
Four figure longitude: -0.4186015
1:25K map: TL0865
1:10K map: TL06NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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