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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: NMS-3E9AF9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Three hard hammer struck flake tools, one secondary, the other two are tertiary. All unpatinated glossy grey flint with some areas of steep retouch to parts of the edges. Neolithic to Bronze Age. Largest: 38 x 28 x 9 mm. Smallest: 27 x 30 x 5.5 mm.
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: 3
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd July 2015 - Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 57956
Other reference: ENMD092015
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: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Happisburgh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3830
Four figure Latitude: 52.81496774
Four figure longitude: 1.53037335
1:25K map: TG3830
1:10K map: TG33SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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