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POINT
Unique ID: LEIC-550252
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic granite point.
A small piece with clearly-worked edges to produce a small, tang-like base and tip.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 4.4 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: 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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