Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-8AC7F5
Object type certainty: Certain
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The ventral face ha sa bulb and ripples and a tiny area of retouch on its left margin. The proximal end is flattened, while the distal end has the rounded shape of a hinge fracture. The dorsal face has several long flake removals along its length. Both margins are "nibbled" to create serrated edges, possibly the products of use wear.
The piece is made from a grey flint which is translucent at the edges. It is probably derived from a local beach pebble, but this is difficult to confirm with only tertiary cortex.
Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar piece on Page 129 Fig 56 No L101, which he called an edge trimmed flake and placed in the Neolithic period.
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: 26.9 mm
Width: 14.3 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st June 2004 - Saturday 31st July 2004
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Other reference: 75.13
Museum accession number: TRURI 2011.23
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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. | 129 Fig 56 | L101 |