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BORER
Unique ID: SOM-A2A2A9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Flint borer, probably Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, c. 3300-1000 BC. Worked from a tertiary flake of very dark brown/black flint with some grey/brown patches near proximal end. No striking platform survives, with a relatively diffuse bulb of percussion although with a bulbar scar. There are three flake removal scars on the dorsal face, all seemingly blade-like flakes, with two struck from the proximal end, both terminating in hinge fractures, and a third struck at a perpendicular angle, all three have relatively pronounced ripple marks. This last removal appears to have gone wrong, and produced a thickened section which has subsequently been used as the basis for the borer. Retouch at the distal end (short, scalar, semi-abrupt) has been used to create a right of centre notch to emphasise a triangular protrusion from the otherwise leaf-shaped flake. Further retouch on the right edge at the distal end (short, sub-parallel, abrupt) further emphasises this triangular protrusion.
The flake is 28.9mm long, 24.8mm wide and 6.7mm thick, the point of the borer is 7.4mm long and 9.6mm at its base, the flake weighs 4.76g.
Although a more secure attribution would only be possible with a larger assemblage, the apparent use of a hard hammer and multidirectional striking is suggestive of a later prehistoric date.
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.9 mm
Width: 24.8 mm
Thickness: 6.7 mm
Weight: 4.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 26th January 2017 - Friday 1st January 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 017328
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Queen Camel CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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