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FLAKE
Unique ID: LEIC-D3B32D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic (?) flint flake, probably dating to 4000-2351 BC. The flake is dark brown in colour, sub triangular in form and rectangular in cross section. The flint has abrupt, scaled re-touch along its one straight edge and has also been worked around the possible V-shaped notch on the upper (as shown ) edge.
Length: 33 mm, width: 27 mm, thickness: 4 mm, weight: 5.24 g.
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 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 30th October 2017 - Monday 30th October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Braunston-in-Rutland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8106
Four figure Latitude: 52.64570057
Four figure longitude: -0.80425769
1:25K map: SK8106
1:10K map: SK80NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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