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CORE
Unique ID: NLM-7C7C40
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey flint with cortex strip, possibly reformed; core. An elongated chunk with long narrow parallel flake removal scars suggesting unidirectional working from a flat striking platform at one end. Creamy patina suggests the object has subsequently endured exposure to a calcareous environment. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.
Length: 49.6mm, Width: 25.9mm, Thickness: 17.7mm, Weight: 25.22gms
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
Length: 49.6 mm
Width: 25.9 mm
Thickness: 17.7 mm
Weight: 25.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40908
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Low Burnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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