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CORE
Unique ID: BH-F2BAE1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A single-platform flint blade core of probable Mesolithic date.
The blade removal scars extend vertically downwards from the sub-oval platform, terminating at the rounded bottom end. The surface is a recorticated mottled blueish-white.
Measurements: 17mm high, 20mm wide, 13.7mm deep, 5.36g.
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
Height: 17 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 13.7 mm
Weight: 5.36 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/172 - 7
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Souldern (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5130
Four figure Latitude: 51.96614523
Four figure longitude: -1.25909308
1:25K map: SP5130
1:10K map: SP53SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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