Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-0A9090
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cortical flake from a pebble of marbled grey and brown and cream flint.On the dorsal surface are truncated flake scars and cortex, through which a scraper has been worked with semi-abrupt retouch on the distal end.Mercer(1981) illustrates a thin flake retouched through the cortex on page 133, fig 58, L127.
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: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.8 mm
Width: 28.1 mm
Thickness: 9.4 mm
Weight: 11 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2005 - Friday 30th September 2005
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Other reference: 295.5
Museum accession number: 2011.23
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SW4526
Four figure Latitude: 50.079285
Four figure longitude: -5.565627
1:25K map: SW4526
1:10K map: SW46SE
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. | 133 | fig 58, L127 |