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Unique ID: DUR-9D2A96
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation
Two flint cores of late Neolithic to Bronze Age date. Both cores are of opaque grey flint with an overall cream coloured, light patina. They are large complex cores with multiple striking platforms producing broad flakes.
Core 1: Weight 37.4g, Length 43.64mm, Width 40.26mm, Thickness 23.23mm
Core 2: Weight 14.1g, Length 28.52mm, Width 28.52mm, Thickness 13.78mm
Notes:
The find spot is on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors with Bronze Age barrows and cairns within a 3Km radius on Great Ayton Moor, Coate Moor, Kiddale Moor and Battersby Moor
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1150 BC
Quantity: 2
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: NZ5808
Four figure Latitude: 54.46407191
Four figure longitude: -1.10671555
1:25K map: NZ5808
1:10K map: NZ50NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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