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END SCRAPER
Unique ID: PUBLIC-CCBB76
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A thick pebble cortical flake of marbled light and dark grey with brown filaments. The distal and proximal ends have been utilised as scraper edges with shallow sharpening flakes removed from the straight edged proximal end and the distal cortex broken away to form a similarly straight edge. This simply made expedient tool does not easily fit a particular age. Mesolithic to Bronze age tools are found nearby. Butler illustrates some Later Bronze Age scrapers on page 184, fig 75 1-4.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Heamoor
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.9 mm
Width: 39.6 mm
Thickness: 19.2 mm
Weight: 46.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd November 2011 - Wednesday 2nd November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 632.15
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Newbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 184 | fig 75, 2 |
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