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HAMMERSTONE
Unique ID: FAKL-55732A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Small hammerstone made from a roughly spherical flint core used for the production of narrow flakes and worked from multiple directions A small area of the original cortex survives, the surface is lightly recorticated the flint appears to have been opaque grey. Substantial areas of the nodule show the results of battering, the surface being covered with rough, hackly fractures. These objects are difficult to date but an early Neolithic date could be suggested for the core. Diameter 56 x 48mm, Height 48mm, Mass 182.3g
Evidence of reuse: Battering
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 3200 BC
Period of reuse: NEOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 56 mm
Weight: 182.3 g
Diameter: 48 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: a IF 245
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Iford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3906
Four figure Latitude: 50.83684529
Four figure longitude: -0.02734783
1:25K map: TQ3906
1:10K map: TQ30NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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