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FLAKE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-9AAA32
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Large flake with two edges which have been worked; trimmed/ serrated. There is a notch, worked, mid way on the edge leading to the distal end. It can be described as an edge trimmed flake.
The flint is light grey in colour and was likely derived from a local beach pebble.
Mercer [1981] illustrates a similar example on page 127, fig.55, No. L92 which is dated to the Neolithic.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 5.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st July 2004 - Saturday 31st July 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 84.4
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
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. | 127, fig.55 | No. L92 |
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