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CORE

Unique ID: LEIC-C2B635

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Mesolithic flint core.

Patinated light greyish-blue and opaque. A small, single-platform, unidirectionally-struck core. Blank is a core fragment. Some cortex remaining on one side.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 32 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight: 32.6 g

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Materials and construction

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

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Scalford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7725
Four figure Latitude: 52.81705032
Four figure longitude: -0.85891522
1:25K map: SK7725
1:10K map: SK72NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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