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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-88C7ED
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint probable scraper, possibly of Bronze age date. Formed of black flint, broadly triangular in profile with rounded ends and shallowly domed in section, with crude invasive retouch at two edges and cortex remaining over half of the dorsal face. Edges may be plough damaged.
Length 38.5mm, width 37.8mm, thickness 13.4mm, mass 20.0g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.5 mm
Width: 37.8 mm
Thickness: 13.4 mm
Weight: 20 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th February 2018 - Sunday 4th February 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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