Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-7A73F2
Object type certainty: Certain
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A thumb-nail or button scraper worked on the distal end of a thin flake of translucent brown flint with cream flecks. There is slight retouch on the proximal hinge and fine semi-abrupt flakework around the entire semi-circular distal margin. Butler(2005) illustrates a button scraper on page 166, fig 70, 1.
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.6 mm
Width: 21.6 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 9th June 2004 - Wednesday 9th June 2004
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Other reference: 59.19
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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Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 166 | fig 70, 1 |