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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: KENT-7DDC35
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A piece of lithic 'debitage' or waste flake of uncertain prehistoric date.
Description: Irregularly shaped flake of translucent grey flint with some brown cortex remaining, probably a tertiary removal. Irregular bulb of percussion but substantially directional rippling and hinge fracture. Apparent small retouch likely to be accidental damage rather than human action.
Measurements: 58.46mm long, 26.44mm wide, 10.50mm thick and 12.77g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: IRON AGE
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.46 mm
Width: 26.44 mm
Thickness: 10.5 mm
Weight: 12.77 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Canterbury (District)
Parish or ward: Reculver (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR2369
Four figure Latitude: 51.37623429
Four figure longitude: 1.20288156
1:25K map: TR2369
1:10K map: TR26NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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