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BLADE
Unique ID: LEIC-66D84A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Palaeolithic to early Neolithic broken flint blade. 40mm long, 22mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 6.4g. The blade is sub rectangular in form, and has a mid greyish brown opaque patina. The object has two central parallel ridges created by bi-directional technology, it is hinge-fractured on the distal end, and has an abraded butt.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 40000 BC
Date to: Circa 2701 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 6.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
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.
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