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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: BERK-CEF09C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A probable Bronze Age flint small rounded scraper, mottled grey in colour with retouch along the distal edge. Quite crude in manufacture.

Notes:

Oxfordshire & West Berkshire PAS Record Sheet No. P279

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 2200 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Width: 28.68 mm
Weight: 7.36 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th September 2017

Rally details.

This object was found at Detectival 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Uncertain

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ascott-under-Wychwood (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP3116
Four figure Latitude: 51.84174835
Four figure longitude: -1.55143938
1:25K map: SP3116
1:10K map: SP31NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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