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Unique ID: BH-F32B81
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Neolithic to Brone Age flint end scraper.
The tool is has been made from a tertiary flake which is sub-oval in plan, has a bulb-of-percussion at the proximal end of the ventral surface and sub-vertcal arrises on the dorsal surface. Confined to the distal end, retouch is long, sub-parallel and semi-abrupt. The flint is dark greyish-brown with blueish-white patination. The other edges display evidence of post-depositional damage.
Length:44.1mm; width:32.6mm; thickness:, 14.8mm. Weight: 23.38g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.1 mm
Width: 32.6 mm
Thickness: 14.8 mm
Weight: 23.38 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Other reference: Ver 15/172 - 25
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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