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CORE
Unique ID: NLM-77ACF2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Blue grey flint with misty white patina core. Core with a broad platform and broad flake removal scars from hard hammer working, mostly unidirectional. The patination suggests this object has endured a period of exposure. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Height: 20.3mm, Width: 39.0mm, Thickness: 33.0mm, Weight: 32.63gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 20.3 mm
Width: 39 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight: 32.63 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29310
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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