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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NMS-721E1B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Tertiary, hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated mottled grey flint, the distal end is steeply retouched to form the scraping edge, almost half of the scraper is missing, broken recently at an oblique angle from one side of the platform.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 701 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 34 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 9.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 26th April 2018 - Wednesday 27th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 25724
Other reference: DDMD062018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Barnham Broom (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0806
Four figure Latitude: 52.61192746
Four figure longitude: 1.07076024
1:25K map: TG0806
1:10K map: TG00NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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