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BORER
Unique ID: DOR-A354A6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age borer, dating to 3000-1800 BC. Made on a tertiary flake of translucent pale grey flint with a low-gloss patina. The striking platform and buld have been removed. The projecting point of the borer has been formed by abrupt retouch from the ventral along one side and from the dorsal face along the other. There are earlier flake scars on the dorsal face.
Length: 26.38 mm
Width: 32.27 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 5.21 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3000 BC
Date to: Circa 1800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.38 mm
Width: 32.27 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 5.21 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017820
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Old Alresford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5735
Four figure Latitude: 51.11146781
Four figure longitude: -1.18712602
1:25K map: SU5735
1:10K map: SU53NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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