Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-B8A5A6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A primary flake with reddish pebble cortex and yellow and opaque yellow cream flint; probably from heat treatment. The fractured left margin has some semi-abrupt retouch and use gloss. The oblique straight distal margin has been thinned by invasive retouch. The knife edge has an oblique snap through it. Mercer(1981) illustrates a knife on page 141, fig 62, L187.
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: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.7 mm
Width: 19.5 mm
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th June 2004 - Saturday 19th June 2004
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Other reference: 64.14
Museum accession number: 2011.23
4 Figure: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.088689
Four figure longitude: -5.552343
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47SE
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. | 141 | fig 62, L187 |