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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-0329D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint rounded scraper of Mesolithic or Neolithic date, about 9000 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed on a primary flake of dark grey mottled flint with cortex covering the dorsal face. The scraper is circular in plan and oval in cross-section. There is short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch on all the sides except for the proximal end. The scraper is 35.6mm long, 40.9mm wide and 6.6mm thick. 11.52g.
Class: rounded
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.6 mm
Width: 40.9 mm
Thickness: 6.6 mm
Weight: 11.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 24th September 2014 - Wednesday 24th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2448
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Ripponden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE0418
Four figure Latitude: 53.65847651
Four figure longitude: -1.94094904
1:25K map: SE0418
1:10K map: SE01NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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