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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NMS-0BE778
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary, mildly concave scraper, of semi-translucent brown flint with neat, steep and short retouch forming the scraping edge. 34 x 36 x 7.5mm.
Found along W. edge of field over a length of 10m, perhaps upcast from a ditch and extending 1m into the field. The finder reports that a slight "platform" is visible from a distance and on satellite maps.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3000 BC
Date to: Circa 701 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 36 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th November 2011 - Saturday 21st September 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60353
Other reference: SJ112013
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: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Gayton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7218
Four figure Latitude: 52.73228139
Four figure longitude: 0.54592338
1:25K map: TF7218
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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