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Unique ID: CORN-AB8A85
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The distal end of a broken flint end and side scraper, plano-convex in plan, rhomboidal in profile and triangular in section. The proximal half of the tool is missing, having been broken off in antiquity, and the ventral face is slightly concave in profile. The entire length of the remaining, curved edge has been retouched by the removal of many small, steep flakes on the dorsal face, suggesting that both margins of the dorsal face would have been worked further down their lengths. The facets of the resulting scraper edge have been worn smooth through use. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour and likely derives from a local beach pebble.
Butler (2005) illustrates similar scrapers on page 128, fig.53, nos.2 & 4, which are dated from the Neolithic period.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar parallel-sided scraper from Belle Tout, East Sussex on page 145, fig.5.131, no.12, and an end and side scraper from Windmill Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire on page 147, fig.5.132, no.F165, which date from the Beaker period, c.2700-1700 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3800 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 10.5 mm
Weight: 9.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th March 2016 - Sunday 20th March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: A5
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)
Parish or ward: St. Minver Highlands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW9575
Four figure Latitude: 50.53875455
Four figure longitude: -4.89441502
1:25K map: SW9575
1:10K map: SW95SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 145 & 147, figs.5.131 & 5.132 | nos.12 & F165 | |
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 128, fig.53 | nos.2 & 4 |
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