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CORE
Unique ID: NMS-2E5243
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Secondary, discoidal core, of unpatinated grey and black mottled flint, a small patch of cortex remains to the dorsal face, with bifacial, centripetal and invasive flake removals to both faces forming a small sub-ovate. All flake scars appear to be hard hammer struck. Late Neolithic to Ealy Bronze Age.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3000 BC
Date to: Circa 1501 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 42 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight: 42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 28th July 2015 - Thursday 27th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29924
Other reference: IND062017AR
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: Walsingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9338
Four figure Latitude: 52.90476662
Four figure longitude: 0.86834517
1:25K map: TF9338
1:10K map: TF93NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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