Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-FC6BE6
Object type certainty: Certain
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Rectangular piece of translucent brown coloured flint. The dorsal face of the flint appears glossy and smooth to the touch. The proximal edge appears to have some trace of cortex material, not enough to identify the source. The right margin appears to have been subject to retouch, what appears to be micro denticulates appear along the length of the margin, which terminates at the distal edge which is straight and appears to have been broken or snapped off. The left margin is blade like in appearance but very small and brittle in appearance. The ventral face is smooth in appearance with conchoidal ripples present throughout the face, a bulb of percussion is also present adjacent to the proximal edge. No indication of retouch from this side. Possible broken blade.
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 4500 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.25 mm
Width: 9.01 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 0.1 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006 - Tuesday 31st January 2006
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Other reference: 6.31
Museum accession number: 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: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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