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POINT

Unique ID: LEIC-E87F70

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Neolithic flint point or arrowhead.

Light speckled-grey opaque patina. Made on a broken flake fragment, abruptly retouched all over to create the tang, tip and serrated edges.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 3300 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 2.4 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: Eaton (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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Audit data

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

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