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CORE
Unique ID: SOM-1E6436
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two fragments of flint cores of Mesolithic to Bronze Age date. Both appear to have been used to produce blade like pieces with repeated removals from a prepared platform. Due to the size of the pieces these blades, at least the last to be produced were very short. The dark grey piece (13.47g) is sub-conical with cortex left on one side and parallel removals from an upper platform. The beige-brown piece (35.68g) also has cortex left along one side but has a broken with a large section, possibly 50% or more, missing to a impact in the centre of the upper platform. There are the scars form parallel removals from this platform and some at right angles across the distal end, suggesting a later, Neolithic - Bronze Age date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 9100 BC
Date to: Circa 1800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 49.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2018 - Wednesday 31st October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 019431
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Withycombe CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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