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Unique ID: LEIC-06C481
Object type certainty: Certain
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Neolithic (early - Late) end scraper on broken flake, 43mm long, 36mm wide, 13mm thick and 18.8g in weight. Ths is a broken flake from a discoidal core. The flaint is light grey in colour and is opaque. The dorsal face displays extensive working with fake scars originating from a number of directions. The distal end of the piece has been abruptly retouched to form the scraper edge. Some cortex remains in the very central area on the dorsal face.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 43 mm
Width: 36 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 18.8 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SK7625
Four figure Latitude: 52.81719198
Four figure longitude: -0.87375008
1:25K map: SK7625
1:10K map: SK72NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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