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BORER
Unique ID: PUBLIC-00F4EC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint possible borer or awl of probable of Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. It is roughly triangular in shape, forming a sharp point at the distal end. It has a small bulb on the ventral face and a faintly rippled ventral surface. There is evidence of occasional crude retouch along both sides and at the pointed end. The flint is light grey-brown in colour with white patches and has a shiny patina.
Length: 47.91mm, width: 16.32mm, thickess at midpoint : 6.22mm, weight: 5.3g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.91 mm
Width: 16.32 mm
Thickness: 6.22 mm
Weight: 5.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 23rd February 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
Parish or ward: Acton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL8844
Four figure Latitude: 52.06246818
Four figure longitude: 0.74108667
1:25K map: TL8844
1:10K map: TL84SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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