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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM-6C345D
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with cortex possible axehead. A thick oval chunk of lentoid section with flakes removed overall by multangular hard hammer strike; those scars on the dorsal side include notably rippled marks, whereas this is less pronounced on the ventral surface. A use as a scraper seems as likely. Suggested date: Late Neolithic, 2700-2350 BC
Length: 49.0mm, Width: 35.44mm, Thickness: 15.3mm, Weight: 27.29gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 35.44 mm
Thickness: 15.3 mm
Weight: 27.29 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42236
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.
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