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Unique ID: LEIC-E80715
Object type certainty: Certain
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Palaeolithic (Upper) to Neolithic (Later) unretouched blade, 31mm long, 12mm wide, 6mm thick and 2.2g in weight. Small blade made on a flnt that is light blue and opaque in patination. The dorsal face possesses a single parallel ridge to the right of which the face is cortical and to the left is formed by a single unidirectional flake scar. No retouch but the ventral face possesses post-depositional damage.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 40000 BC
Date to: Circa 2351 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SK7726
Four figure Latitude: 52.82603797
Four figure longitude: -0.8586798
1:25K map: SK7726
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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