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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SOM-B9B102
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Neolithic to early Bronze Age chert scraper, dating to c. 2800-1600 BC. The bulb of percussion has been removed by post-depositional damage and there are a few chips on the ventral face. The dorsal face exhibits invasive shallow scaler retouch at the mesal sides and distal end, and short semi-abrupt scaler retouch around both edges. This is uneven with some unworked projections. The scraper is orange-brown in colour with white inclusions.
The scraper measures 43.1mm in length, 44.6mm in width, 11.2mm in thickness and weighs 24.32.
Notes:
This record is from a finds day and therefore may not be to usual PAS standard.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2800 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.1 mm
Width: 44.6 mm
Thickness: 11.2 mm
Weight: 24.32 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Cheddon Fitzpaine (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST2227
Four figure Latitude: 51.037044
Four figure longitude: -3.11383613
1:25K map: ST2227
1:10K map: ST22NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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