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POT
Unique ID: CORN-6E0007
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Pottery body sherd with an abraded exterior surface. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars and mica, and is mid-brown on the exterior and on the interior of the sherd, with a dark core. 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: 16 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 11.5 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th April 2008 - Saturday 5th April 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 532A.10
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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