Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
POT
Unique ID: CORN-1CA3C1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pottery body sherd made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica and is mid-brown on the exterior and dark brown on the interior of the sherd. This 'mucky' gabbroic fabric looks the same as that of one of the other two sherds in the image, 523.6A, and the sherds 523.2, 523.3 & 523.4, so that they may have come from the same vessels. This type of fabric is seen in Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming).
Notes:
This sherd is bottom left of the image. See next record for image of exteriors of sherds.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 2400 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st January 2008 - Monday 21st January 2008
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: 523.5
Museum accession number: 2011.23
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
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.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: CORN-1D1931
Object type: POT
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
Pottery body sherd made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale f…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: CORN-1C6895
Object type: POT
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
Pottery body sherd made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale f…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: CORN-1C3045
Object type: POT
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
Pottery body sherd made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. There is a horizontal groove parall…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618