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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: DEV-806022
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A struck flint flake of probable Prehistoric date, potentially utilised as an expediency tool. An irregularly shaped tertiary flake of opaque black/grey flint. A striking platform survives at the proximal end with a diffuse bulb of percussion, but no 'lip' below the point of percussion. The distal end is lost to a natural break, but with probable use related wear on this edge. A number of irregular hinged removals on both the dorsal and ventral face appear more likely to be associated with later damage.
Dimensions: length 35.7mm; width 34.7mm; thickness 7.5mm; weight 11.50g.
Dating a single undiagnostic flake with any degree of certainty is impossible, especially when fragmentary, as here. The thickness and breadth of the flake would probably suggest a later prehistoric date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 11000 BC
Date to: Circa AD 44
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.7 mm
Width: 34.7 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 11.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Friday 1st December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019808
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: Torridge (District)
Parish or ward: Great Torrington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS5119
Four figure Latitude: 50.95112121
Four figure longitude: -4.12260895
1:25K map: SS5119
1:10K map: SS51NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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