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FLAKE
Unique ID: DOR-A041F5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A greensand chert blade fragment. The proximal end only of a tertiary chert blade, possibly deliberately snapped off. Orange-brown chert a grainy texture and a thick off-white patina. There is a small striking platform with a slight lip indicating soft hammer striking. On the ventral face is a wide, diffuse bulb of percussion. There are several parallel longitudinal flaking scars on the dorsal face creating a trapeziodal cross section.
Date: Neolithic- c. 4000 to 2350 BC
Dimensions: 24.49mm x 24.9mm x 8.6mm.
Weight: 6.31g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.49 mm
Width: 24.9 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Weight: 6.31 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 019233
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Milborne Port (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST6619
Four figure Latitude: 50.96940615
Four figure longitude: -2.48558209
1:25K map: ST6619
1:10K map: ST61NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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