Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: SOM-9863A4
Object type certainty: Certain
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Two chert blades both with clear bulbs of percussion on the ventral face and scars from previous parallel removals from the same platform on the dorsal face. Both have very chipped edges obscuring any retouch. One is a orange chert, heavily repatinated, the other a mid brown. They weigh 12.48g in total.
The blade like shape and repeat parallel removals may suggest a Mesolithic- Neolithic date.
Notes:
These pieces have come from an area with a lot of unworked chert, probably from liming. Hoever they do appear to be worked and have been recorded in the suggestion this may beb a site worth investigating further to prove or disprove the presence of worked material.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Quantity: 2
Weight: 12.48 g
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Other reference: SCC receipt No 017437
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: ST3117
Four figure Latitude: 50.94828788
Four figure longitude: -2.98359394
1:25K map: ST3117
1:10K map: ST31NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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