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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NMS-4C3D43
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic to Bronze Age hard hammer struck secondary scraper of unpatinated mottled grey flint with steep retouch to one side of the distal end forming the scraping edge. The other edge is left unworked. 41.5 x 37 x 12mm.
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: 41.4 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th November 2014 - Monday 19th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 9815
Other reference: NMD012015
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: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Caistor St. Edmund (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2404
Four figure Latitude: 52.58762166
Four figure longitude: 1.30531755
1:25K map: TG2404
1:10K map: TG20SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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