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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: NMS-BF9917
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
four simple flake tools:
1. Primary hard hammer struck scraper, scraping edge formed by few steep retouch blows to the distal end. 45 x 42 x 15 mm.
2. Tertiary hard hammer struck flake tool, irregular steep retouch to most of the edges. 50 x 32 x 9 mm.
3. Tertiary hard hammer struck scraper with steep retouch to the distal end and one lateral edge, an angular break (?recent) to one side of the distal end. 43 x 34 x 6 mm.
4. Secondary hrad hammer struck blade-like flake with thick cortex extant to the distal end, recent invasive flake damage to one edge. Pale patination over mottled grey flint. 43 x 18 x 7 mm.
All late prehistoric: Neolithic to Bronze Age.
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: Monday 17th April 2017 - Monday 22nd May 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 52524
Other reference: NMD052017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Sculthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9030
Four figure Latitude: 52.83400693
Four figure longitude: 0.81913298
1:25K map: TF9030
1:10K map: TF93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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