Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-898E34
Object type certainty: Certain
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A crested, plunging flake of grey brown flint with cream flecks and a spreading blue cream patina. The distal end is broken. The cortex is from a lightly rolled pebble. The ventral side shows use with the lower right margin shallowly flaked. Mercer(1981) illustrates a utilised flake on page 131, fig 57, L118.
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 24.8 mm
Thickness: 10.3 mm
Weight: 7.6 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 2004 - Tuesday 30th March 2004
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Other reference: 8.11
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. | 131 | fig 57, L118 |