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STRIKE A LIGHT
Unique ID: FAKL-EAFCF3
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
Irregular sectioned piece of flint, mid grey, translucent, with a light, white patination. Flint probably a natural chunk but with two, concave areas of its edge bearing traces of percussive damage suggesting that it has been used, in conjunction with a fire steel, to strike a spark for fire making. The concave areas may have been deliberately formed. The flint bears some traces of iron staining which would be in keeping with this function. While this object is difficult to date the battered area is patinated suggesting that it is not recent. Length 58.7mm, Width 33.8mm, Thickness 19.8mm, Mass 48.88g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 400 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.7 mm
Width: 33.8 mm
Thickness: 19.8 mm
Weight: 48.88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 15th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SWY 503
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: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Harthill with Woodall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5081
Four figure Latitude: 53.32356907
Four figure longitude: -1.25081255
1:25K map: SK5081
1:10K map: SK58SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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