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FLAKE
Unique ID: HESH-338E87
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lilly Chitty Collection
A Neolithic secondary flake (4,000 to 2,500 BC), grey in colour with some lighter and darker inclusions.
This piece is sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectilinear in section. The fifth of 10 pieces, with the number "5" written in biro on the ventral face. It comprises 3 main facets on the dorsal face, and displays patches of cortex on the distal-most end of the opposing edge. The ventral face comprises a single facet, with a pronounced bulb of percussion at the proximal end, and near the distal end, a very pronounced ring.
This piece weighs 3.2 grams, measuring 31.6mm in length, 22.4mm in width and 4.7mm in thickness.
| Source | Gravel |
| Colour | Grey |
Notes:
5
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Ludlow Museum Resource Centre
Subsequent action after recording: Part of an extant museum collection
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Exactly 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.6 mm
Width: 22.4 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 3.2 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: 1982/999/10.030.017
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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