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FLAKE
Unique ID: NMS-072328
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two Neolithic to Bronze Age flakes:
- tertiary, struck from a multi-platform core of black flint with some recent damage to both lateral edges. 39 x 45 x 11mm.
- secondary sub-triangular, of mid-grey flint with one edge steeply retouched. Perhaps used as a small handheld knife. 39 x 21.5 x 8.5mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 701 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th January 2014 - Wednesday 12th February 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 37489
Other reference: AMD022014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Hevingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2122
Four figure Latitude: 52.75039921
Four figure longitude: 1.27317066
1:25K map: TG2122
1:10K map: TG22SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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