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BLADE

Unique ID: OXON-ABF9F9

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Neolithic flint blade made from a tertiary flake of a mottled dark brown flint. with platform bulb an removals. Tiny area of retouch on left proximal end and at proximal end over bulb. Broken at distal end. c. 4000-2100 BC.

Notes:

Oxfordshire PAS record Sheet No 814

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 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 64.6 mm
Width: 21.7 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 9.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd December 2018

Rally details.

This object was found at Metal Detectives Christmas Rally 2018 Merton, Oxon

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Merton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP5718
Four figure Latitude: 51.85768493
Four figure longitude: -1.17375277
1:25K map: SP5718
1:10K map: SP51NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: OXON
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 11 months ago

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