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CORE
Unique ID: NLM-5929DE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint core. Lump with long narrow and broad parallel flakes removed by unidirectional working. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.
Height: 40.5mm, Width: 38.8mm, Thickness: 18.6mm, Weight: 28.94gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 40.5 mm
Width: 38.8 mm
Thickness: 18.6 mm
Weight: 28.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29603
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.
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