Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-048239
Object type certainty: Certain
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A flint microlith of Late Mesolithic date, about 8000 - 4000 BC. It is a Group B microlith. It is formed on light grey flint and is sub recatngular in plan, with a slanting end and triangular in cross-section. There is short, sub-parallel, abrupt retouch along one long edge. It is 9mm long, 3.6mm wide and 1.6mm thick. 0.04g.
Class: Group B microlith
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 9 mm
Width: 3.6 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 0.04 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2016 - Sunday 31st July 2016
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Other reference: PAS form number 3004
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SE0332
Four figure Latitude: 53.78431593
Four figure longitude: -1.95595012
1:25K map: SE0332
1:10K map: SE03SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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