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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: DEV-2B7B34
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Prehistoric end scraper, dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age period (c.4500 BC to c.800 BC). The tool has been worked from a large flake. The object is roughly rectangular in plan and D-shaped in section. The scraper end has been extensively re-touched to create a good edge. One side of the item has also been retouched; here the edge shelves at a sharper angle. The flint is opaque and honey coloured, with occasional flecks of white. Length:60mm; 40mm; Thickness; 10mm
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd November 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: East Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Kilmington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY2798
Four figure Latitude: 50.77696594
Four figure longitude: -3.03672802
1:25K map: SY2798
1:10K map: SY28SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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