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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: KENT-97B6FB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint double ended scraper probably of late Mesolithic to Neolithic date, c.8000BC - 3300BC, an early date as early as the upper later Palaeothic cannot be discounted.
Description: The scraper has two rounded ends and two flat perpendicular edges, leaving it irregular in shape. The dorsal face has uneven flaking. The scraping edges are formed from short scaled semi-abrupt retouch and are along each rounded endge and one of the flat eedge opposite the bulb of percussion. The bulb of percussion is very subtle but the bulbar scar is very clear. The flint is a mottled mid-grey with some light and dark patches and some light brown-beige patches. Some dark brown to light orange iron stianign is also present.
Measurements: 49.69mm long, 48.96mm wide, 13.24mm thick and 34.39g in weight.
Class: End Scraper
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 40000 BC
Date to: Circa 3300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.69 mm
Width: 48.96 mm
Thickness: 13.24 mm
Weight: 34.39 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: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Denton with Wootton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR2446
Four figure Latitude: 51.169354
Four figure longitude: 1.20282458
1:25K map: TR2446
1:10K map: TR24NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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