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CORE
Unique ID: HAMP-F2A61E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint single-platform core of Mesolithic or Neolithic date (10,000 - 2100 BC) with blade flakes removed part of the way round (type A2). The core is conical in shape and roughly lozenge-shaped in cross-section with a flat underside. There are five or six flake scars visible. The flint is grey/ orange in colour with two distinct areas of working; the rest of the nodule, including the tip, is covered with an orangey-brown cortex. It measures 51.9mm in length, 44.7mm in max.width, 38.3mm in max.thickness and weighs 94.13g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.9 mm
Width: 44.7 mm
Thickness: 38.3 mm
Weight: 94.13 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 450
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Bishops Waltham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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