Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-430F76
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete flint Mesolithic tranchet axe. It is ovoid in shape; long and narrow with a slightly wider blade end. It is roughly triangular in cross-section with a raised central ridge running longitundinally across one face. The other face is much flatter. Both faces have been reshaped using invasive, scaled retouch producing large scars. A large triangular transverse 'tranchet' flake has been removed from one side of the cutting end. The flint is mottled grey with much milky patination and some orange staining from the soil. A patch of chalky cortex remains on the dorsal face.
Length: 132.37mm, width: 46.42mm, thickness: 23.92mm, weight: 178.91g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 4001 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 132.37 mm
Width: 46.42 mm
Thickness: 23.92 mm
Weight: 178.91 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st May 2015
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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