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BORER
Unique ID: NLM-72D447
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint, appearing brown under transmitted light, with cortex; borer. A small nodule with one rounded end with thick cortex retained, and long narrow parallel flakes struck from its dorsal surface. The ventral surface is smooth and concave; the appearance of retouch executed from the ventral aspect is misleading, and arises from fortuitous edge-on impacts. The finder kindly cites SUR-42CD37 as a parallel. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC
Length: 49.9mm, Width: 19.9mm, Thickness: 17.9mm, Weight: 10.75gms
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: 49.9 mm
Width: 19.9 mm
Thickness: 17.9 mm
Weight: 10.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41139
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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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