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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: SWYOR-89CC29
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint retouched flake, probably dating from the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, about 3300 BC - 1000 BC. It is a triangular secondary flake of golden brown flint. The edges have suffered extensive damage, but parts of the distal end also display retouch at the right hand side. This is short, semi-abrupt and sub-parallel to scaled. There is also cortex surviving on the right side. It is 35.1mm long, 32.7mm wide and 15.2mm thick. 12.72g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.1 mm
Width: 32.7 mm
Thickness: 15.2 mm
Weight: 12.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 29th July 2015 - Wednesday 29th July 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2673
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Sykehouse (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6417
Four figure Latitude: 53.64560257
Four figure longitude: -1.03333375
1:25K map: SE6417
1:10K map: SE61NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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