Record ID: PUBLIC-162BF3
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A beach pebble with percussion markings in the centre of both faces, perhaps used as a hammerstone. A wide sub-oval in plan, lenticular in profile and an elongated oval in section. The ventral surface shows signs of dense pecking in an approximately circular area around 35mm in diameter. The surface pecking in the centre of the dorsal face is similar in extent but far less dense. The surface of the stone is uniformly pale creamy-grey in colour with multiple striations of red-brown iron carbonate. Made from a greywacke sandstone beach pebble from the Crackington Formation dating fro…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-248216
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper, sub-oval in plan, semi-circular in profile and in section. Made on a primary flake removed from a beach pebble with cortex remaining on more than half the surface of the dorsal face. The very crude scraper edge was produced by the rapid removal of around 8 or 9 lateral flakes from the curved distal edge of the original flake. The resulting tool has an irregular edge with a large point at one point which may have also served as an awl or piercer. The original pebble was struck using a different stone without previously preparing a striking platform. The point of percus…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-245A5A
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin flint concave scraper, sub-rectangular in plan although probably originally circular, elongated triangle in profile and flattened-dome in section. Made on a secondary flake with small patches of cortex remaining close to the proximal end. The striking platform is slightly to the left of the proximal end of the dorsal side. The scars of several shallow flakes are visible on the dorsal side, evidently to ensure that the resulting flake was fairly thin. Subsequently a large number of very small, fine pressure-flakes were removed from the distal and right hand margins of the flake …
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-244198
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chopping tool, probably also used as a scraper, oval in plan, triangular in profile and semi-circular in section. Made on a primary flake, struck from a flint nodule, which has then been extensively and bi-facially re-worked although a large patch of cortex remains on the dorsal face. The distal margin of the steeply domed dorsal face has been sharpened by the removal of lateral flakes through about two thirds of the circumference of the tool. At the proximal end a single large flake, together with several smaller ones, have been removed at the margin of the dorsal face to enable th…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2428B4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A horned scraper, sub-rectangular in plan, trapezoidal in profile and in plan. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of several earlier flakes. At the proximal end several shallow flakes have been removed to enable the user to grip the tool more easily at that end. The two sides are steeply angled from the margins as a result of the initial flake having been removed from a carefully pre-formed core. At the distal end several pressure flakes have been removed to form a sharp, concave edge with a pointed projection or horn on either side. The point of percussion is clearly visi…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-23CDF0
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched microlithic burin from the Mesolithic period. Trapezoidal in plan, and profile, triangular in section. Both ends of the burin have been broken off in antiquity: the proximal end at a right angle and the distal end obliquely. The scars of two earlier longitudinal flakes remain on the dorsal face, resulting in a triangular section. At the proximal end of the left hand margin of the dorsal face the margin has been blunted by the removal of 4 or 5 pressure flakes. The resulting artefact could have been held comfortably in either hand and used as a perforating tool. The pointed…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-23BD65
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper from the Mesolithic period. This micro-scraper was made from the proximal end of a tertiary flake or blade. Sub-oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The scars of two earlier longitudinal flakes remain on the dorsal face, resulting in a triangular section. Subsequently a single shorter longitudinal flake was removed from the proximal end of the dorsal face, followed by the removal of several small pressure flakes at the proximal end to produce a scraper edge. The retouch has removed the striking platform from the proximal end. A large pre…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-23AD34
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper from the Mesolithic period. This micro-scraper was made from the distal end of a tertiary flake or blade. Sub-rectangular in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The proximal end of the blade was broken off in antiquity, resulting in the loss of the striking point and bulb of percussion. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of two earlier flakes which have resulted in the v-shaped profile and sharp edges of the flake. The distal end has been worked by the removal of at least ten parallel pressure-flakes resulting in a steep scraper edg…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-239C18
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint flake, sub-oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and in section. A tertiary flake, the dorsal face of which bears the scars of the removal of several earlier longitudinal flakes at the distal end. At the proximal end two smaller longitudinal flakes have been removed, which terminate in negative hinge fractures mid-way across the flake. Multiple small flakes have also been removed at the upper right margin of the flake. At the upper left margin of the dorsal face at least six shallow pressure flakes have been removed to create a cutting edge. All traces of the strikin…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-238BC6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint flake, lenticular in plan, plano-convex in profile and semi-circular in section with a central medial ridge. A secondary flake with a patch of cortex remaining at the distal end of the dorsal face. The dorsal face bears the negative scars of the removal of several earlier longitudinal flakes. At the proximal end is the remnant of the pre-prepared striking platform with a clear point of percussion at the dorsal margin. The bulb of percussion is clearly visible at the proximal end of the ventral face. Two apparently deliberate pressure flakes have been removed from the…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2371F9
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper from the Mesolithic period. Sub-oval in plan and plano-convex in profile and in section this micro-scraper was made from a tertiary flake: the distal tip has been broken off. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of several earlier flakes. The striking platform at the proximal end of the dorsal face has been carefully pressure-flaked to produce a scraper edge. A slight bulb of percussion is visible at the proximal end of the ventral face, together with a relatively large bulbar scar and clear conchoidal ripples. The fine-textured flint is a patinated cr…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-236200
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A truncated microlithic blade from the Mesolithic period. Trapezoidal in plan, a narrow rectangle in profile and a flattened triangle in plan. Both ends of the original tertiary flake or blade were broken off in antiquity. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of two earlier flakes which have resulted in the v-shaped profile and sharp margins of the flake. No traces of the striking platform or of the bulb of percussion remain: slight conchoidal ripples can be seen on the ventral face. The proximal end of the blade was broken at an oblique angle to the side margins: this end a…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2349FC
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper from the Mesolithic period. This micro-scraper was made from the proximal end of a tertiary flake or blade. Sub-rectangular in plan, triangular in profile and in section. The scars of two earlier longitudinal flakes remain on the dorsal face, resulting in a triangular section. Subsequently two shorter longitudinal flakes were removed from the proximal end of the dorsal face, followed by the removal of several small pressure flakes at the proximal end to produce a scraper edge. The remnant of the striking platform remains at the proximal end and both the bulb of per…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-232F03
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint microlithic blade, an elongated trapezium in plan, and trapezoid in both profile and section. A tertiary flake, the dorsal face of which bears the scars of the removal of three earlier, parallel flakes. The proximal end has been reworked by the removal of a small, oblique flake to produce a point which would have been suitable for engraving bone or wood. This has resulted in the loss of the striking platform and of the bulb of percussion from the ventral face. The very smooth conchoidal ripples on the ventral face terminate in a steep hinge fracture at the slightly n…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0E7885
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A whetstone, made from a flat greywacke sandstone beach pebble from the Crackington Formation dating from of the Upper Carboniferous age (332 to 290 million years BP). Sub-oval in plan, both ends having been carefully shaped to a blunted point. The side margins are parallel and both surfaces are flat. All surfaces were polished to produce a completely smooth, polished artefact which is comfortable to hold, with no sharp edges or corners. The two flat faces are very slightly concave, suggesting that the whetstone was not subjected to extensive use and may have been lost soon after i…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0E64CA
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken whetstone, trapezoid in plan, an elongated rectangle in profile and a narrow oval in section. Made from a flat, elongated greywacke sandstone beach pebble from the Crackington Formation dating from of the Upper Carboniferous age (332 to 290 million years BP). Both surfaces and both side margins have been polished to a smooth finish. One side margin is flat, the opposite side margin is curved through repeated use for sharpening metal tools. Both faces are slightly concave. Both ends have been broken off: the proximal end by a single break perpendicular to the side margins. …
Created on: Monday 7th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FC7672
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A natural, unmodified beach cobble of uncertain date which has been used as a hammerstone. Sub-oval in plan, lenticular in profile and in section. The distal end is much wider than the proximal end and is pitted through use as a hammerstone. A row of larger pits on the ventral margin of this area appears to be the result of a fault in the stone, rather than a deliberate modification. Made from a greywacke sandstone beach cobble from the Crackington Formation dating from of the Upper Carboniferous age (332 to 290 million years BP). The surface stone is pale grey, with patches of darker…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FC5223
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A natural, unmodified beach cobble of uncertain date which has been used as a hammerstone. Sub-oval in plan, with a pronounced bulge on the lower left margin when viewed from the dorsal face, plano-convex in profile and in section. An oval, domed patch at the distal end of the side bulge, 92mm long and 52mm wide, is pitted through use as a hammerstone. The pitting has resulted in some flaking of the surface indicating that it was used for striking large objects. Made from a greywacke sandstone beach cobble from the Crackington Formation dating from of the Upper Carboniferous age (332 …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FC3D1E
Object type: GRINDSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A natural, unmodified beach cobble of uncertain date which has been used as a grinding stone or pestle. An elongated oval in plan and in profile, oval in section. Made from a greywacke sandstone beach cobble from the Crackington Formation dating from of the Upper Carboniferous age (332 to 290 million years BP). An oval patch, 46 mm long and 24 mm wide, has been worn near the distal end of the left hand side, when viewing the ventral surface. The surface of this patch is worn through percussion and smoothed by rubbing, apparently when held at an angle in one hand. The ventral surfac…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FC060E
Object type: GRINDSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A grinding stone or pestle of uncertain date, sub-circular in plan, a narrow oval in profile and section. Made from a greywacke sandstone beach cobble from the Crackington Formation dating from of the Upper Carboniferous age (332 to 290 million years BP). There is a shallow, linear scar in the centre of the dorsal face, at an angle of 45 degrees from the medial line and 30mm in length may be contemporary with its use or later plough damage. A shorter, deeper scar near the distal end may also be the result of plough damage. The distal end of the cobble has been broken off to form a …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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