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MICROLITH
Unique ID: SWYOR-6B6985
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A flint Mesolithic microlith dating from 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is a Group B geometric microlith. It is formed on a tertiary flake of mottled light grey flint. It is rectangular in plan and triangular in cross-section. There is short, abrupt, sub-parallel retouch along one long edge. It is 23.5mm long, 5.9mm wide and 2.1mm thick. 0.31g.
Notes:
Gorple Reservoir Site Six. This site has circular stone features which are visible when the water level is low which have been surveyed and drawn by Dr David Shepherd, Frank Jolley and Karen Gibson of the South Pennine Archaeology Network with the kind consent of Yorkshire Water.
Class: Group B
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.5 mm
Width: 5.9 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 0.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th August 2013 - Tuesday 6th August 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2937
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Heptonstall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9431
Four figure Latitude: 53.77530004
Four figure longitude: -2.09252181
1:25K map: SD9431
1:10K map: SD93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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