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CORE
Unique ID: NLM-B6C489
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Blue grey flint with cortex, core. An irregular chunk with long narrow parallel flakes removed from one side, and with shorter parallel flakes struck from other surfaces, presumably by multangular working. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.
Height: 28.5mm, Width: 35.8mm, Thickness: 25.7mm, Weight: 27.31gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 28.5 mm
Width: 35.8 mm
Thickness: 25.7 mm
Weight: 27.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40271
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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