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PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Unique ID: LEIC-8ECBE3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Bronze Age flint plano convex knife fragment dating to 2350-801BC. 22mm in length, 21mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 1.55grams. The object is sub circular in form and slightly semi-circular in cross section and is incomplete, missing its lower (as shown) edge. It is heavily worked all over, with sub paralllel, low angled re touch and is re-corticating.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 1.55 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Whissendine (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8112
Four figure Latitude: 52.69962678
Four figure longitude: -0.80278468
1:25K map: SK8112
1:10K map: SK81SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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