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MICROLITH
Unique ID: SWYOR-6D6492
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint microlith of late Mesolithic date, about 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is formed on patinated white flint and is crescent shaped. There is abrupt retouch on the curved edge. It is 11.7mm long, 3.6mm wide and 1.2mm thick. 0.05g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.7 mm
Width: 3.6 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 0.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st August 1996 - Saturday 31st August 1996
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3371
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Heptonstall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9431
Four figure Latitude: 53.77530004
Four figure longitude: -2.09252181
1:25K map: SD9431
1:10K map: SD93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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