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BLADE
Unique ID: LEIC-35A061
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Upper Palaeolithic to late Mesolithic flint blade, 38mm long, 15mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 4g.
The blade is sub rectangular in form and has a light grey opaque patina and is a bi-directional blade.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 40000 BC
Date to: Circa 4001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
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: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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