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FLAKE

Unique ID: SWYOR-6EB442

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Eight small flint flakes with no retouch. The flakes range in size from 17mm in length (largest flake) to 7mm (smallest flake). The flakes do not all come from the same source but are all waste from knapping and probably date to the Mesolithic.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6500 BC
Date to: 3500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 8

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th September 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Brighouse (Metropolitan District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE0521
Four figure Latitude: 53.685433
Four figure longitude: -1.92577
1:25K map: SE0521
1:10K map: SE02SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland

References cited

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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