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BLADE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-98FDDE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint blade, probably a blade of later Neolithic or early Bronze Age date, c3000 - 1500BC. The hard hammer tertiary flake is of dark grey flint, roughly triangular in shape, and is shallowly triangular in end-on cross-section. There is a notch at one side which is possibly where it has been reshaped and used as a scraper. It has two facets on the dorsal face, with bifacial low angle retouch which is stepped along the un-notched side, and there is a pronounced bulb of percussion with ripple marks on the ventral face.
It measures a maximum of 70.2 mm long by 32.9 mm wide by 8.4 mm thick, and weighs 18.5 grams.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3000 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70.2 mm
Width: 32.9 mm
Thickness: 8.4 mm
Weight: 18.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th December 2017 - Thursday 7th December 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: Leicestershire (County)
District: North West Leicestershire (District)
To be known as: Whitwick
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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