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FLAKE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-1C1084
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Flint flake, ovoid in plan and rod shaped in profile. The dorsal side has a convex surface with mesial ridging. The distal end is fractured and the proximal end snapped. The right margin is serrated with a possible notch on the lower section. On the ventral side the left margin has slight low-angle retouch.
The flint is mottled grey brown in colouring with tertiary cortex.
Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example on page 143, Fig. 63, No. L. 199 which is dated to the Neolithic period.
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: 16.31 mm
Width: 16.07 mm
Thickness: 3.23 mm
Weight: 1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004 - Friday 31st December 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 65.28
Museum accession number: TRURI 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: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.088689
Four figure longitude: -5.552343
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer, R.J. | 1981 | Excavations at Carn Brea, Illogan, Cornwall, 1970-73 | Callington | Penwell Ltd. | 143, Fig. 63 | L. 199 |
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