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Unique ID: SUSS-A740A9
Object type certainty: Possibly
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A collection of eight fire-cracked flint nodules. The flint is unworked and has a cracked and broken surface caused by exposure to intense heat. Fire cracked flints were for a long time attributed to being pot boilers; however, the fact that flint shatters into sharp shards has made this theory more questionable. It is suggested that the flints that have been cracked in this way were used as fire surrounds and have fractured due to repeated heating and cooling in this environment.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 8
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4 Figure: SU7617
Four figure Latitude: 50.94743639
Four figure longitude: -0.91952265
1:25K map: SU7617
1:10K map: SU71NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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