Rights Holder: Leicestershire County Council
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Unique ID: LEIC-7221F9
Object type certainty: Certain
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Early Neolithic to late Bronze Age flint side scraper. 40mm in length, 26mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 11grams. The implement is sub rectangular in form with a mid grey semi-translucent patina. The proximal end is broken, and the left lateral edge has been semi-abruptly retouched.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 501 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 11 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SK7727
Four figure Latitude: 52.83502561
Four figure longitude: -0.85844425
1:25K map: SK7727
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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