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CORE
Unique ID: LEIC-29FCEA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic flint core, 25mm long, 22mm wide and 16mm thick with a weight of 11.9g.
The flake has a mid grey semi-translucent patina, small alternate parallel bladelet removals from single platform on a small pebble.
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: Exactly 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight: 11.9 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: SK7725
Four figure Latitude: 52.81705032
Four figure longitude: -0.85891522
1:25K map: SK7725
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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