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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LEIC-8B6EFE
Object type certainty: Certain
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Palaeolithic (Upper) to Bronze age notch, 31mm long, 11mm wide, 4mm thick and 2.7g in weight. Made on flint that has turned an opaque light grey. Hard hammer struck flake with large butt that has been worked on the ventral face of the right lateral edge to create a notch. Dorsal face possesses some cortex and evidence for two orthogonal removals are visible on the left lateral edge.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 40000 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Scalford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7725
Four figure Latitude: 52.81705032
Four figure longitude: -0.85891522
1:25K map: SK7725
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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