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BORER
Unique ID: NLM-6AF144
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey flint borer. A sub-triangular flake with a broad flake struck from its dorsal side and with a probable positive hinged fracture on the ventral. Very short abrupt retouch probably executed from the ventral aspect confers a serrated edge to one or both sides of the triangular point. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 27.2mm, Width: 16.6mm, Thickness: 4.2mm, Weight: 1.31gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.2 mm
Width: 16.6 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 1.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37003
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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