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FABRICATOR
Unique ID: KENT-E8A68A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A flint fabricator of uncertain date, mesolithic to Bronze Age date 9000BC-1000BC
Description: The fabricator is irregularly shaped in plan with a wide irregular base and roughly parrel sides tapering towards the much narrower top whcih slightly dog legs to one side. In cross-section the fabricator is triangular. Rtouch on all faces is very crude and inconsistant but clearly defined being short to invasive scaled semi-abrupt. The dog leg appears to be intentional with signifcant hard hammer strikes on the upper dorsal face The bulb of percussion is relatively subtle compared with the retouch and may indicate the use of both soft and hard hammers in its production.
The flint is mottled dark grey through to light brown. There is some light orangey brown iron staining on all faces.
Measurements: 85.93mm long, 25.36mm wide, 25.04mm thick and 47.5g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Ringwould with Kingsdown (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR3548
Four figure Latitude: 51.1828971
Four figure longitude: 1.36119717
1:25K map: TR3548
1:10K map: TR34NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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