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BURNT FLINT
Unique ID: NLM-0901E9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Burnt grey flint debitage. A small chunk with a positive hinge fracture along one edge and with broad flakes removed from the rest, entirely crazed by burning. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Height: 23mm, Width: 21.3mm, Thickness: 12mm, Weight: 6.28gms
Class: Debitage
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
Height: 23 mm
Width: 21.3 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 6.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 6th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37513
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: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Bigby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0508
Four figure Latitude: 53.55812828
Four figure longitude: -0.41635599
1:25K map: TA0508
1:10K map: TA00NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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