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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SWYOR-1CBBA7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A piece of flint debitage, the waste material from flint working, of unknown date, probably Mesolithic or Neolithic, about 9000 BC - 2200 BC. The piece is a chunk of mottled yellow grey flint with white chert inclusions. It is roughly pentagonal in plan and rectangular in section. It is 65.2mm long, 54mm wide and 26mm thick. 89.76g.
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: 65.2 mm
Width: 54 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight: 89.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th November 2014 - Tuesday 4th November 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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