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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-CE2C26
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A flint scraper probably dating from the late Neolithic or Bronze Age period, about 3300 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on orange flint with white inclusions. Cortex survives on the left side of the proximal end. It is sub-rectangular in plan, flaring towards the distal end, and trapezoidal in section but with a concave ventral face. The right side and distal end are worked with short, sub-parallel, abrupt retouch, some on the ventral face. The scraper is 34.5mm long, 21.2mm wide and 10.1mm thick. 6.67g.
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 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.5 mm
Width: 21.2 mm
Thickness: 10.1 mm
Weight: 6.67 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 2369
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Grainthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3896
Four figure Latitude: 53.44270918
Four figure longitude: 0.0762315
1:25K map: TF3896
1:10K map: TF39NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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