Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-4305C6
Object type certainty: Certain
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Grey piece of flint, exhibiting two ridges in the centre, running from the proximal to distal edges. The proximal edge appears to be broken, edges appears clean but not too sharp to the touch. The left margin and distal edge have been subject to abrupt retouch along the full length. The right margin near the distal edge appears abraded. The ventral face is smooth in texture and appears to be displaying conchoidal ripples, no bulb of percussion is present.
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.1 mm
Width: 19.64 mm
Thickness: 6.43 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006 - Tuesday 31st January 2006
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Other reference: 385.3
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: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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