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AXE
Unique ID: NMS-3BFC85
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Butt end of a broken axe, bifacially knapped, one side is patinated white, the other is less patinated and is mottled grey, both faces have spotty iron stains. The transverse break has been knapped in an (unsuccessful) attempt to reshape this fragment into a much smaller axe. No grinding or polishing noted.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 72 mm
Width: 39 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight: 70 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th March 2018 - Monday 16th April 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 40305
Other reference: NMD042018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Hedenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM3193
Four figure Latitude: 52.48598128
Four figure longitude: 1.4008141
1:25K map: TM3193
1:10K map: TM39SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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