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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: SWYOR-7C34C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint retouched flake of probable Neolithic date, 4000 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed on a tertiary flake of light grey flint. It is D shaped in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The curved left side is sporadically retouched with scaled, abrupt, short retouch. The dorsal face has removal scars with the striking platform at the right side. This could indicate the flake was possibly initially struck as a core rejuvenation flake. It is 33.4mm long, 22.6mm wide and 7.9mm thick. 4.96g.
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.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.4 mm
Width: 22.6 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 4.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 1991 - Monday 30th September 1991
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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 10 metre square.
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