Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-925D47
Object type certainty: Certain
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The proximal end of a flake of dark grey brown translucent flint with cream flecks. There is a faint blue patina. There are short lengths of semi-abrupt retouch around the proximal ventral margin and up to the distal break.Mercer(1981) illustrates a truncated flake on page 143, fig 63, L195.
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Exactly 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.1 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 6.6 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2004 - Tuesday 30th November 2004
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Other reference: 132.7
Museum accession number: 2011.23
4 Figure: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.088689
Four figure longitude: -5.552343
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mercer, R.J. | 1981 | Excavations at Carn Brea, Illogan, Cornwall, 1970-73 | Callington | Penwell Ltd. | 143 | fig 63, L195 |