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FLAKE
Unique ID: NMS-71E258
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic to Bronze Age small tertiary flake of grey flint with two bulbs of percussion on the ventral face. It clearly took two blows to remove this flake. 33 x 28 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: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st January 2014 - Monday 17th February 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51311
Other reference: NMD022014
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: Cantley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3904
Four figure Latitude: 52.58124086
Four figure longitude: 1.52630997
1:25K map: TG3904
1:10K map: TG30SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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