Rights Holder: Kent County Council
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Unique ID: KENT-975BF6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A probable flint backed blade of late paleolithic date.
Description: The blade is is D-Shaped, with a wide crushed back straight backed edge with formed by covering covering scaled abrupt retouch. The edge is partially worked with some short scaled low angle retouch. The bulb of percussion is low and somewhat obscured by the backing of the blade. The flint is heavily mottled dark grey with a number of patches of light grey brown inclusions.
Measurements: 62.77mm long, 32.91mm wide, 13.05mm thick and 29.51g in weight.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 40000 BC
Date to: Circa 9000 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.77 mm
Width: 32.91 mm
Thickness: 13.05 mm
Weight: 29.51 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: TR3648
Four figure Latitude: 51.18248549
Four figure longitude: 1.37547946
1:25K map: TR3648
1:10K map: TR34NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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