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AXE
Unique ID: LEIC-693EA7
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mesolithic flint Tranchet axe? 102mm in length, 50mm wide and 23mm thick, with a weight of 144grams. The object is rectangular in form and oval in cross section. It has spome patches of cortex remaining and has irregular steep removals and finder re-touch along a rounded lower edge.
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 7001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 102 mm
Width: 50 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight: 144 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Groby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5306
Four figure Latitude: 52.64915276
Four figure longitude: -1.21804375
1:25K map: SK5306
1:10K map: SK50NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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