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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: DEV-C0D6FD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Four pieces of flint debitage, probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. The assemblage can be divided into two groups: the first group contains a single secondary flake of translucent dark brown-grey flint, with sandy cortex covering c. 20% of the dorsal face, at the distal end. The striking platform survives at the proximal end, with a relatively diffuse bulb of percussion, although exhibiting a bulbar scar. Two sub-parallel removal scars are present on the dorsal face, struck from opposing directions. The second group consists of three tertiary flakes: two of a similar mottled grey flint with sandy inclusions, and a third of a slightly translucent beige flint. The bulb of percussion survives on only a single flake, where it is large and slightly hinged, suggesting the use of a hard hammer, although all three exhibit relatively pronounced, closely-spaced conchoidal ripples on the ventral face. The flakes all exhibit sub-parallel removal scars, all struck from the same direction.
Overall weight of assemblage: 12.77g.
Notes:
Part of a larger assemblage of worked flint, all from the same area, which appears to consist of Late Neolithic to Bronze Age flint work (scrapers: DEV-C1B72F, DEV-C34B3E, DEV-C3AF12, DEV-C40E91).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3000 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 4
Weight: 12.77 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019870
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Loddiswell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX7149
Four figure Latitude: 50.32677296
Four figure longitude: -3.81365705
1:25K map: SX7149
1:10K map: SX79SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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