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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-03E845
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mottled grey piece of flint, rectangular in plan. The dorsal face , proximal edge has a concave notch removed from the side,, going from the left margin to just past the medial and touching on the right side. The left margin, distal edge of the medial is rough and appears flawed or the flint material has deteriorated ! The right margin appears to exhibit signs of abrupt retouch along its full length, the distal edge has been retouched in places, but still rough in appearance. The ventral face is smooth with some indents around the margins, but no retouch is visible, the bulb of percussion has been removed, but conchoidal ripples are present across the face.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.39 mm
Width: 28.81 mm
Thickness: 11.28 mm
Weight: 13.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th April 2008 - Monday 7th April 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 529f.16
Museum accession number: 2011.23
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW4526
Four figure Latitude: 50.079285
Four figure longitude: -5.565627
1:25K map: SW4526
1:10K map: SW46NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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