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SERRATED IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: NLM-8CC817
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Semi-translucent grey [appears dark honey coloured under transmitted light] flint with cortex spot, serrated implement, as kindly identified by the finder. Long flake with long narrow parallel bladelets struck from its dorsal side and with a slightly concave ventral surface and a small bulb at its narrower end. Very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the opposed straight edges and the curved end. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.
Length: 30.2mm, Width: 13mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 1.66gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.2 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 1.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39579
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Normanby le Wold
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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