Rights Holder: Leicestershire County Council
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Unique ID: LEIC-43DE5B
Object type certainty: Certain
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Mesolithic (Early) to Neolithic (Later) unretouched blade, 26mm long, 11mm wide, 4mm thick and 1.3g in weight. Small blade that is missing its proximal end. Triangular in cross-section and possesses one parallel central ridge. The left side of the ridge is a unidirectional flake scar. The right side of the dorsal face possesses cortex. The flint is translucent light grey in colour with a slight bluish patination.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 2351 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SK7625
Four figure Latitude: 52.81719198
Four figure longitude: -0.87375008
1:25K map: SK7625
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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