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Unique ID: LEIC-A6CF52
Object type certainty: Certain
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Neolithic flint awl.
Made on a secondary flint blade, mid brownish-grey opaque patina. Unidirectional dorsal scar, distal end retouched to create piece (on the left a small ventral notch, and short, semi-abrupt, parallel, to the right).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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
Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 7.5 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SK7625
Four figure Latitude: 52.81719198
Four figure longitude: -0.87375008
1:25K map: SK7625
1:10K map: SK72NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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