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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: SWYOR-B8928C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A retouched flint flake of probable Neolithic date. It is formed on a secondary flake of partially patinated light grey flint. Cortex survives along the right edge. It is sub-triangular in plan, with a pointed proximal end, curved right edge and wide straight (snapped) distal end. It is a thin trapezoid in section. The proximal left edge is retouched with short, parallel, semi-abrupt removals which interrupt the patina. The flake is 21.5mm long, 17.8mm wide and 3.9mm thick. 1.35g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.5 mm
Width: 17.8 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 1.35 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Thursday 11th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2365
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Maltby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5390
Four figure Latitude: 53.40416761
Four figure longitude: -1.20427299
1:25K map: SK5390
1:10K map: SK59SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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