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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: NLM-1850C6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A flint dagger. The flint is of a brown colour. The bifacially worked flake has slight retouch on both sides. The length is 87.5mm, the width is 33.2mm and the weight is 26.7mm. Paul Wilding kindly comments as follows: 'Appears to be a Beaker period Dagger, Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age. Was found out of context and is listed as Mesolithic' - the record has been amended accordingly.
Class: Dagger
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 87.5 mm
Width: 33.2 mm
Weight: 26.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM08902
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: South Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Barkston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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