FLAKE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-CC5BA4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A hard hammer struck flake of translucent cream flint with a feathered distal end. The left margin is a flat facet and the right has been notched abruptly. Butler(2005) illustrates a notched flake on page 169, fig 71, 8

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 20.6 mm
Width: 16.5 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st June 2004 - Monday 21st June 2004

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Graham Hill - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Graham Hill - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: 70.16
Museum accession number: 2011.23

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West
County: Cornwall
District: Penwith
Parish: Paul

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.088689 Four figure longitude: -5.552343
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47SE
WOEID: 26352492
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m[scope notes]

Adjacent Domesday Book places

Alverton

Domesday data within 2 km of discovery point is surfaced via the excellent Open Domesday website.

References cited

Butler, C., 2005. Prehistoric Flintwork Stroud : Tempus, pp169

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