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BLADE
Unique ID: DYFED-DB3BDA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Bifacial bladelet, translucent grey in colour with creamy white mottling. It is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in cross section. The bulb of percussion has been struck off but the rippling is still visible. It has been deliberately retouched along both edges.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PRN 128469
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Pembrokeshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Pembrokeshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Pencaer
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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