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POT
Unique ID: CORN-6B0813
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pottery body sherd with a possible finger-nail impression on one edge of the exterior of the sherd, but the surface is abraded and damaged so this mark may be accidental or natural. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and on the interior of the sherd, with dark brown patches. This fabric is seen in comparable local Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming).
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 2400 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.5 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 28th January 2008 - Monday 28th January 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 531.8
Museum accession number: 2011.23
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
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: SW4526
Four figure Latitude: 50.079285
Four figure longitude: -5.565627
1:25K map: SW4526
1:10K map: SW46NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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