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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: DOR-1F819F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A large sub-triangular secondary flake of flint. The flint is opaque and mottled light to mid-grey and beige, now with thin low-gloss blue-white patination. Both faces show areas of reddish brown ferrous staining, mainly to ridges. An area of chalky nodular cortex remains on the left margin of the dorsal face. Part of the right margin of the dorsal face shows heavy, stepped edge-fracturing consistent with heavy-duty scraping; and dissimilar to edge damage on the remainder of the flake. Broad flake removal scars are visible across the dorsal face. The ventral face has a low bulb of percussion with a well-defined striking point.
Date: Neolithic 4000 BC - 2350 BC
Dimensions: 77 mm x 55.10 mm x 24.3 mm
Weight: 109 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 77 mm
Width: 55.1 mm
Thickness: 24.3 mm
Weight: 109 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017664
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Milton Abbas (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8001
Four figure Latitude: 50.80820391
Four figure longitude: -2.28521445
1:25K map: ST8001
1:10K map: ST80SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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