Rights Holder: Kent County Council
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Unique ID: KENT-855E97
Object type certainty: Certain
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A knapped flint denticulate blade of probable Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age date (c. 1000-401 BC). The flint is a tertiary flake and is mottled grey in colour. The sides and the distal end have been shaped with short, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch, creating a large notch on each side. The denticulate blade is 40.9 mm in length, 26.0 mm wide, 5.3 mm thick and weighs 4.9 g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa 401 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.9 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 4.9 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: TR1561
Four figure Latitude: 51.30748853
Four figure longitude: 1.08328522
1:25K map: TR1561
1:10K map: TR16SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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