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FLAKE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-4CEB87
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mesolithic core rejuvenation flake of opaque grey/brown flint, roughly triangular in profile with a striking platform at one end, with a curved profile and ripple marks to the ventral side, and three facets on the dorsal side, with a hinge fracture toward the proximal end which appears to indicate bipolar working. It has brown cortex remaining on the proximal end, and the distal end has possible invasive retouch - as the tip is missing due to a (probably recent, as not recorticated) break this is unclear.
The struck surfaces are recorticated apart from a couple of places along the edges & at the distal end, where more recent damage has occurred.
Length 33.2mm, width 14.9mm, thickness 8.0mm, mass 3.3g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.2 mm
Width: 14.9 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 3.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th January 2018 - Sunday 7th January 2018
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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: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: Cadeby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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