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BLADE
Unique ID: HESH-E1E32A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lower segment of snapped flint blade of probable late Mesolithic date (6500BC - 3500BC). The flint tool is sub-rectangular in plan and broadly sub-triangular in cross section. The bulb of percussion is missing. There is no evidence of retouch / reworking to any of the faces of the blade. There is also no evidence of cortex on any part of the blade; this suggests that the flake was produced during the later life of the core once this material has been removed. The flint is a mid matt grey colour and has been slightly abraded in the ploughsoil. The source of flint is difficult to ascertain; much of the local flint is procured from glacial and riverine sources.
Dimensions: 21.2mm, 16.1mm, 4.8mm 1.5 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa AD 6500
Date to: Circa AD 3500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.2 mm
Width: 16.1 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 4.8 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Lydbury North (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO3586
Four figure Latitude: 52.46805111
Four figure longitude: -2.95824687
1:25K map: SO3586
1:10K map: SO38NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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