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BLADE
Unique ID: NMS-D85334
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mesolithic to Neolithic blade dating to the period c. 8000 - 3500 BC. Secondary flake, <2% cortex remaining, the bulb of percussion is low, with faint conchoidal ripples running down the blade. The dorsal face exhibits three parallel longitudianl flake scars from previous flake removal. One mesal edge exhibits continuous, abrupt, scaled retouch. Light brown-grey flint with banded grey inclusion.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.5 mm
Width: 16.5 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th January 2018 - Sunday 7th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61356
Other reference: IND24012018AM
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: Barton Turf (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3322
Four figure Latitude: 52.74536424
Four figure longitude: 1.45063533
1:25K map: TG3322
1:10K map: TG32SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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