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Flint blade; possible preform
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Service, Amy Downes, 2009-08-10 12:59:04
Title
Flint blade; possible preform
Description
English: A flint blade, a waste flake from flint knapping. The blade is carefully shaped and may be an abandoned perform for a tool. It probably dates from the Neolithic. It is 21.08mm long, 11.33mm wide and 2.82mm thick. It weighs 0.7g. The flint is patinated to a milky colour and has edge damage which is probably post depositional.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 3500 and 2100 BC
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FindID: 265545
Old ref: SWYOR-AE6603
Filename: PAS_623_preform.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/218766
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/218766/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/265545
Object location53° 43′ 26.4″ N, 1° 14′ 49.6″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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