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MICROLITH
Unique ID: HESH-338613
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Lilly Chitty Collection
A Mesolithic microlith (7,000 to 4,000 BC), off-white in colour.
This piece is sub-elliptical in plan and sub-rectilinear in section. The fourth of 10 pieces, this piece has the number "4" written in biro on the ventral face. The colour owes its origins to patination in chalk downland rather than having been burnt. There is minimal evidence of retouch on the blade edges of this microlith, however these edges remain sharp to this day - a lack of retouch does not account for a lack of utility. Whilst possessing 2 parallel edges running its length, this microlith does not have a bulb of percussion on the very tip of the proximal end - rather, the bulb is located to the side, meaning that this piece was removed at an angle rather than following the line the hammer took to strike this piece from its original core. Some rings of percussion corroborating this evidence can be found on the ventral face at the distal end.
This piece weighs 0.8 grams, measuring 26.3mm in length, 10.4mm in width and 2.9mm in thickness.
| Source | Chalk Downland |
| Colour | White |
Notes:
4
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Ludlow Museum Resource Centre
Subsequent action after recording: Part of an extant museum collection
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Exactly 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.3 mm
Width: 10.4 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st May 1967
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: PRN:03551
Other reference: LFC14
Museum accession number: SHYMS: 1982/999/10.030.016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: The Llan
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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