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END SCRAPER
Unique ID: CORN-2733EB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A crude flint end scraper, sub-oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. Made on a primary flake with a layer of cortex remaining on the whole of the dorsal surface. A small bulb of percussion is visible at the proximal end of the ventral face, adjacent to a clear point of percussion. There is a sharp change of angle on the ventral face about 12 mm from the point of percussion, representing the intersection between the face of the flake and the remnant of an earlier flake removal. Several steep, shallow flakes have been removed from the dorsal face at its margin with the distal end of the flake, resulting in a short edge suitable for use as a crude scraper. The surface of the flint is a mottled grey-brown colour on the ventral face. The dorsal face is almost completely covered with cortex of a creamy-brown colour suggesting that the flake is clearly derived from a local beach pebble.
Bulter (2005) describes the characteristics of later Bronze Age flintwork in chapter 9 (pp.179-187), and illustrates two short end-scrapers from that period on page 184, fig.75, nos.3 & 4. The crude nature of this scraper suggests that it dates from the later Bronze Age.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar end scraper covered in cortex on page 154, fig.5.138, no.18, which is dated from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1600 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 14.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2015 - Sunday 31st January 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 7a
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: St. Just (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW3629
Four figure Latitude: 50.10228068
Four figure longitude: -5.69322541
1:25K map: SW3629
1:10K map: SW39NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 154, fig.5.138 | no.18 | |
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 184, fig.75, | nos.3 & 4 |
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