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KNIFE
Unique ID: LEIC-9C4E58
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic? Flint knife, 47 mm long, 21mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 8.20grams.
The object is oblong in form and consisits of a primary flake with a corticated surface. It has steep re-touch down the length of one long side, with a small central rounded notch in the centre of this. The opposite long edge has steep re-touch down half its length, terminating in a large rounded notch positione dopposite the smaller one.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 8.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 6th April 2015
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Peckleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4700
Four figure Latitude: 52.59577005
Four figure longitude: -1.30757341
1:25K map: SK4700
1:10K map: SK40SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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