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BLADE
Unique ID: LEIC-734F89
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic (early - Late) serrated blade, 55mm long, 19mm wide, 7mm thick and 7.4g in weight. Made on a light caramel brown transparent flint that has started to turn light grey through patination. Both lateral edges and the distal end have been serrated into this tool. Distal end possesses post-depostional damage.
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 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 7.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Scalford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7625
Four figure Latitude: 52.81719198
Four figure longitude: -0.87375008
1:25K map: SK7625
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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