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Unique ID: OXON-EC04E0
Object type certainty: Probably
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A complete Post-Medieval knapped chert, gun-flint c. 1600 - 1850 AD. The flint is close to a perfect square, typically flat to the ventral side with the topmost dorsal side knapped into a wedge form with numerous flake scars. Viewed from the side, it forms an irregular polygon. The material is a grey chert with irregular small white angular inclusions. It measures 20.2mm x 19.32mm and 0.9mm deep, weighing 4.2gm.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Quantity: 1
Length: 200.2 mm
Width: 19.32 mm
Thickness: 8.2 mm
Weight: 4.2 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SP5913
Four figure Latitude: 51.81252775
Four figure longitude: -1.14556669
1:25K map: SP5913
1:10K map: SP51SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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