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SERRATED IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: NLM-35C201
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey flint with cortex spot; serrated implement. A small flake with long parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and a bulb on the ventral side. Very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the longest straight edge, creating serrations so fine that they are more easily felt than observed. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.
Length: 27.9mm, Width: 13.7mm, Thickness: 4.8mm, Weight: 1.96gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.9 mm
Width: 13.7 mm
Thickness: 4.8 mm
Weight: 1.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 5th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38138
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Legsby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1386
Four figure Latitude: 53.35880981
Four figure longitude: -0.30353942
1:25K map: TF1386
1:10K map: TF18NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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