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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LEIC-97C9DD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Palaeolithic (Middle) to Palaeolithic (MIddle) point, 52mm long, 32mm wide, 14mm thick and 25.1g in weight. Made on a limestone that is dark grey in colour. The dorsal face of the point has been semi-abruptly retouched around the entire right lateral edge and the distal end and the left edge has received some attention. The point seems to have been made by a non-prepared core technique, possibly a discoidal method.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 250000 BC
Date to: Exactly 40001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52 mm
Width: 32 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 25.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
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: Grimston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6821
Four figure Latitude: 52.78230625
Four figure longitude: -0.9932637
1:25K map: SK6821
1:10K map: SK62SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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