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Unique ID: BH-071FF6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A flint end scraper, probably dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (c. 4000 - 801 BC).
The tool has been made from a tertiary flake, is 'pear-shaped' and of trapezoidal cross section. Retouch, confined to the rounded distal end, is long, sub-parallel and abrupt. On the ventral surface, the bulb of percussion is low and no ripples are visible. Part of the striking platform survives. The white surface of the exposed flint is indicative of deposition in alkaline soil; there is also some iron staining.
Length: 38.3mm; width: 30.7mm; thickness: 9.6mm. Weight: 12.7g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.3 mm
Width: 30.7 mm
Thickness: 9.6 mm
Weight: 12.7 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Other reference: Ver 14/39 - 49
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: TL2538
Four figure Latitude: 52.02633853
Four figure longitude: -0.17950572
1:25K map: TL2538
1:10K map: TL23NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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