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FLAKE
Unique ID: NMS-4C146E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Four Neolithic to Bronze Age flakes:
- tertiary semi-hard hammer struck, blade-like, of unpatinated dark brown flint with fine use wear to parts of both edges. 60 x 23 x 6 mm. Weight 8g. Finder's code I1. 40-50
- secondary hard hammer struck, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with the distal end broken transversely in antiquity. 29 x 29 x 6 mm. Weight 7g. Finders' code I12. 30-40
- tertiary with the proximal end broken transversely, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with what appears to be slight fire cracking to the distal end and the break. 26 x 19 x 4 mm. Weight 3g. Finders' code I52. 70-80
- secondary semi-soft hammer struck, of unpatinated light grey/brown flint. 29 x 16 x 4 mm. Weight 2g. Finders' code I64. 50-60
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: 4
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2015 - Friday 31st July 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 53727
Other reference: SJ112016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
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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