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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-248216
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint scraper, sub-oval in plan, semi-circular in profile and in section. Made on a primary flake removed from a beach pebble with cortex remaining on more than half the surface of the dorsal face. The very crude scraper edge was produced by the rapid removal of around 8 or 9 lateral flakes from the curved distal edge of the original flake. The resulting tool has an irregular edge with a large point at one point which may have also served as an awl or piercer. The original pebble was struck using a different stone without previously preparing a striking platform. The point of percussion is visible in the cortex at the proximal end of the flake. The bulb of percussion and at least two separate bulbar scars are clearly visible at the proximal end of the ventral surface.
The flint is of moderately fine texture. The visible surfaces are mottled grey and cream colour. The cortex of the pebble is of patches of grey and cream. It was clearly derived from a local beach pebble.
Notes:
Ref: Bond (2004) illustrates a similar, although less crude, example from Hockwold cum Wilton, Norfolk, on page 57, fig. 5.25 which he describes as a horseshoe scraper. On page 145, fig. 5.131, no.5, Bond illustrates a similar scraper with a pointed edge which is dated from the Beaker period.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1700 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 29 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 10 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2003 - Saturday 30th November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SM3.1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Morwenstow (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS1912
Four figure Latitude: 50.87907399
Four figure longitude: -4.57425339
1:25K map: SS1912
1:10K map: SS11SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bond, C. | 2005 | PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics | London | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | page 57, fig. 5.25; page 154, fig. 5.138 | nos.6 & 13 |
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