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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: DEV-809113
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete flint blade or blade-like flake of prehistoric date, probably Late-Mesolithic to Neolithic, c. 7000-2400 BC. A tertiary blade, with no surviving cortex, of a yellow-brown flint. The surviving fragment comrises of the distal end of the flake, and exhibits no clear evidence of retouch. The dorsal face exhibits scars from three previous, parallel blade-like removals.
Dimensions: length 22.5mm; width 18.7mm; thickness 2.5mm; weight 1.09g.
Dating a single undiagnostic flake with any degree of certainty is impossible, as despite its parallel removals, such features may not be intentional. With this in mind a broad date range is suggested, although the characteristics of the flake could suggest a late mesolthic or Neolithic date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 2400 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.5 mm
Width: 18.7 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 1.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Saturday 31st December 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019808
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: North Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Filleigh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS6728
Four figure Latitude: 51.03592427
Four figure longitude: -3.89826519
1:25K map: SS6728
1:10K map: SS62NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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