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MICROBURIN
Unique ID: BH-107D2C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Mesolithic microburin which has been made from a tertiary flint blade.
The sub-rectangular tool has several arises on its dorsal surface and clear rippling on the ventral. The upper edge has a straight break where the blade has been snapped; immediately below this are two diagonally opposing notches, possibly from another attempted snapping. The cutting of the upper notch has resulted in the production of a sharp point. A further notch has been cut at the opposite end to this point. The flint is a translucent light yellowish-brown.
Length: 27.1mm; width: 15.5mm; thickness: 3.3mm. Weight: 1.45g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.1 mm
Width: 15.5 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 1.45 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/150 - 67
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Kettering (District)
Parish or ward: Burton Latimer (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8974
Four figure Latitude: 52.35684647
Four figure longitude: -0.69459634
1:25K map: SP8974
1:10K map: SP87SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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