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POINT
Unique ID: LEIC-2896DC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Undated granite point or arrowhead.
Made on granite, flaked to create oblique point or arrowhead, Notched either side of the base for hafting, which has made it shouldered with a thick tang.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: UNKNOWN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60 mm
Width: 38 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight: 43.2 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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: SK7627
Four figure Latitude: 52.83516736
Four figure longitude: -0.87328523
1:25K map: SK7627
1:10K map: SK72NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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