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FLAKE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-F30932
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A thin flake of mottled grey and grey brown pebble flint. Cortex backs the left side and the distal end has been truncated straight. The sharp right margin truncates a feathered dorsal scar. This leaves a wavy and sharp edge. There is a little fine retouch near the proximal end and in the mesal part of the lateral margin. Mercer(1981) illustrates an edged, truncated flake on page 143, fig 63, L194.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.6 mm
Width: 19.7 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2004 - Friday 30th April 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 12.7
Museum accession number: 2011.23
Materials and construction
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: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 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, L194 |
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