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CORE
Unique ID: GAT-ED653A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint core 53 x 42 x 42mm. Flint, lightly burnt and changed in colour from blue-grey? to light grey. Pebble cortex. Single direction, with plain platform, hammer struck.
Assessment:
Attempt at prismatic blade core; probably abandoned due to poor quality. Not dateable.
(George Smith, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53.94 mm
Width: 44.02 mm
Thickness: 38.42 mm
Weight: 108.1 g
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: PRN32880
Other reference: PAS2014-36-001
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gwynedd (Unitary Authority)
District: Gwynedd (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Aberdaron (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SH1424
Four figure Latitude: 52.78144791
Four figure longitude: -4.75929342
1:25K map: SH1424
1:10K map: SH12SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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