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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-805239
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint possible hollow scraper of probable late Neolithic to Bronze Age date, 3300 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on a hard hammer secondary blade of grey flint, with cortex at the distal end and on the striking platform. It is sub-rectangular, expanding in width at the distal end. There is a notch in the middle of the right side, worked from the ventral face with semi-abrupt, short, scaled retouch which could be used as a hollow scraper. The blade is 58.4mm long, 29.3mm wide and 10.7mm thick. 13.9g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.4 mm
Width: 29.3 mm
Thickness: 10.7 mm
Weight: 13.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st July 1984 - Tuesday 31st July 1984
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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 1 metre square.
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