The Scheme's logo
LEIC-A3FE43: Mesolithic flint flake

Rights Holder: Leicestershire County Council
CC License:

View Zoom Download

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

FLAKE

Unique ID: LEIC-A3FE43

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Mesolithic flint flake. 44mm long, 23mm wide and 11mm thick with a weight of 13.6g. The flake is sub rectangular in form, and has a plunging flake from an orthogonal core.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 4001 BC
Period of reuse: MESOLITHIC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 13.6 g

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Please accept preferences-cookies to see this map

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.

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: SWYOR-14AD5E
Object type: CORE
Broadperiod: MESOLITHIC
A flint core of probably Early Mesolithic date, dating from about 9000 BC - 6500 BC. The flint is dark brown coloured with an area of cortex …
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Find number: LEIC-663771
Object type: CORE
Broadperiod: MESOLITHIC
Early Palaeolithic to late Mesolithic flint blade core. 34mm long, 33mm wide and 21mm thick with a weight of 26g. The blade core is sub recta…
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Find number: LEIC-A42E26
Object type: FLAKE
Broadperiod: MESOLITHIC
Mesolithic flint flake. 30mm long, 13mm wide and 14mm thick with a weight of 2.1g. The flake is sub rectangular in form, and has a speckled w…
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.