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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: SOM-B041E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a larger tertiary flake with retouch around two adjacent edges and the corner between them. The flake is missing the proximal end and this appears to be a snapped break with short scalar abrupt retouch across it from the ventral side becoming semi-abrupt around the corner and down the adjacent edge where there is also short scalar semi-abrupt retouch on the ventral face worked from the dorsal side. The distal end also appears broken with hinged removal from the distal end, given the thinness and size of the ripples, possible an accidental snap or chip. On the remaining section of the dorsal face there appears to be evdence of at least three previous parallel removals. It is 23.4mm long, 31.0mm wide, 7.3mm thick and weighs 5.78 grams.
It is hard to suggest a date in isolation but a Neolithic date is suggested based on the group of finds in the area.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Wells and Mendip Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Exactly 4000 BC
Date to: Exactly 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.4 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 7.3 mm
Weight: 5.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st May 1985 - Friday 31st May 1985
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 16400
Other reference: SCC receipt 16940
Museum accession number: 2015.2/5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
Parish or ward: Pilton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST6042
Four figure Latitude: 51.17582805
Four figure longitude: -2.57357855
1:25K map: ST6042
1:10K map: ST64SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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