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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: SF-3CDDE4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Three spherical flint nodules, each with numerous pock marks suggesting their possible use as hammer stones. The largest measures 81.47mm in diameter, the second measures 69.29mm in diameter, and the smallest measures 45.83mm in diameter. The smallest weighs 130.32g, the larger two are too heavy for the scales. If used as hammer stones these examples would date to the later prehistoric period, from the Neolithic to Iron Age.
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Brockdish, norfolk
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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