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FLAKE
Unique ID: NMS-D3D898
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake of unpatinated black flint with a strip of thin, weathered cortex to one edge. The distal end has an oblique transverse bending fracture and both lateral edges are irregularly damaged. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
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: 40.5 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Thickness: 10.5 mm
Weight: 12 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th March 2019 - Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Jason Gibbons
Identified by: Mr Jason Gibbons
Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51394
Other reference: ENMD042019
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: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Happisburgh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3730
Four figure Latitude: 52.81540779
Four figure longitude: 1.5155643
1:25K map: TG3730
1:10K map: TG33SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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