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FLAKE

Unique ID: NMS-A4A62E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Secondary hard hammer struck flake struck from a multi-platform core, of unpatinated brown flint with a thick white patinated thermal (frost) fractured original face of the parent core to one side of the dorsal face and the platform. Slight damage to the distal end and one lateral edge. Likely to be of Neolithic to Bronze Age in origin.

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: 38 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 7 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th May 2017 - Wednesday 7th June 2017

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 22972
Other reference: ENMD062017

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Foulsham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG0325
Four figure Latitude: 52.78438563
Four figure longitude: 1.00873576
1:25K map: TG0325
1:10K map: TG02NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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