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BORER
Unique ID: NMS-7F9E76
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two hard hammer struck flakes, one tertiary with steep retouch to form the piercer/borer at the distal end, the other end is transversely and steeply retouched, removing the proximal end entirely, the other is a secondary, broad flake and is irregularly retouched to form a bifurcation, one blunt and one pointed. Both are unpatinated. Late prehistoric, Neolithic to Bronze Age. 4,000 to 701 BC.
45 x 22 x 8.5 mm.
38 x 49 x 10 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: 2
Weight: 16.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th October 2017 - Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62256
Other reference: ENMD112017
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: Reepham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0923
Four figure Latitude: 52.76414533
Four figure longitude: 1.09629167
1:25K map: TG0923
1:10K map: TG02SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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