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MICROLITH
Unique ID: SWYOR-3F0C86
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint microlith of Late Mesolithic date, about 8000 - 4000 BC. It is a Group B microlith. It is formed on flint patinated to white and is sub-triangular in plan, with one pointed end, and is trapezoid in cross-section. There is short, sub-parallel, abrupt retouch along one long edge. It is 19.1mm long, 5.3mm wide and 3.2mm thick. 0.25g.
Class: Group B microlith
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.1 mm
Width: 5.3 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 0.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th July 2017 - Thursday 27th July 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3004
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Heptonstall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9431
Four figure Latitude: 53.77530004
Four figure longitude: -2.09252181
1:25K map: SD9431
1:10K map: SD93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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