Record ID: CORN-EE5A2B
Object type: PESTLE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fine-grained granite pestle, cylindrical in profile and circular in plan and section, with two convex ends. The pestle has been worked by pounding at both ends, probably on a hard surface, resulting in considerable abrasion and the loss of material in the order of a centimetre (Dr Roger Taylor pers comm). The length of the tool still fits perfectly within a hand's grip. There are dark grey patches on the surface of the pestle and fine grains of felspar and mica. The pestle would have been used with a mortar or cupped stone, but this tool was found on its own in the field, in an …
Created on: Saturday 28th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
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Record ID: CORN-EE43AA
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small igneous rock ball or hammerstone of coarsely foliated greenstone. The ball is circular in plan and ovate in profile and section, with pecking on the upper surface and a flattened weathered base. The shape appears to result predominantly from weathering but one side is smoothed and rounded and appears to have been used for grinding. The hammerstone is conveniently hand sized, like CORN-EE5A2B. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. It is quite possible that the wear on these objects has been caused by grinding pieces in t…
Created on: Saturday 28th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Record ID: CORN-ED9A3B
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a quartzite ovoid macehead, semi-circular in plan and profile and plano-convex in section, with a mottled grey and 'port wine stain' colouration. Half of the perforation or shafthole remains, which is circular in plan and 20 mm in diameter. The shafthole would have held a wooden handle or haft to complete the mace, and would have been bored by using sand and a drill. The shafthole is an hourglass shape in profile, suggesting that it has been drilled from both sides, and is 38 mm in height. This shape might have improved hafting, especially if the wooden haft or handle was …
Created on: Saturday 28th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Record ID: CORN-ED06E2
Object type: CARVED STONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete greisen cup-marked stone, sub-square in plan and profile and plano-convex in section. The convex face has three dimples that are 25 mm in diameter, in a circular arrangement, which run up to the broken edges on both sides, suggesting that there were more cup-marks on the missing piece. The underside of the stone has been damaged with two deep linear grooves in a cross formation that reveals the quartz beneath the weathered and soiled surface. These cup-marked decorated stones are generally dated from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age because they are sometimes asso…
Created on: Saturday 28th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Record ID: CORN-EC3C8E
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete coarse greisen saddle quern with a worn concave central reservoir, and one remaining built up edge, through use as a quern or grain mortar. The other edges of the quern have been lost and this may be because the stone was dressed in more recent times in order to re-use it for building material. Similar to other saddle querns found around the county on Bronze Age sites, such as Trethellan, Newquay, where several varied examples were found, the closest in form illustrated in Nowakowski (1991) on pages 144 & 146, Figs.59-60, Nos.92 & 94 from the Middle Bronze Age round house 2…
Created on: Saturday 28th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Record ID: CORN-EB2904
Object type: MULLER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a stone muller or rubber, sub-triangular in plan, and sub-rectangular in profile and section. The stone is derived from a schorl rock which is metasomatically altered granite composed of quartz and black tourmaline schorl. The source is likely from the margin of the Land's End Granite (Dr Roger Taylor pers comm). The upper surface and the base of the stone are both flat and polished through use, suggesting that it was likely used as a rubbing stone or muller, perhaps within a quern to grind grain. The outer edge of the stone is curved and the two other sides are broken, ex…
Created on: Saturday 28th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Record ID: CORN-EAEF49
Object type: MULLER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete stone muller or rubber, sub-rectangular in plan, profile and section, made from a tabular fragment of medium to coarse-grained (grain size up to 6 mm) biotite / muscovite / tourmaline granite, probably from an inland or cliff source (Dr Roger Taylor pers comm). The upper surface is slightly convex and perhaps lightly trimmed, and the base of the stone is flat and polished through use, suggesting that it was likely used as a rubbing stone or muller, perhaps within a quern to grind grain. One end of the stone tapers to a curved edge and the opposite end is broken, exposing th…
Created on: Saturday 28th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Record ID: CORN-E9FC08
Object type: MULLER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone muller or rubber, oval in plan and oblong in profile and section, made from a fine-grained granite beach cobble. The general grain size is about 0.5 to 1 mm with phenocrysts of quartz, feldspar and clusters of biotite up to 3 mm in length (Dr Roger Taylor pers comm). Both faces of the stone are flat and polished through use, suggesting that it was likely used as a rubbing stone or muller, perhaps within a quern to grind grain. The granite contains pale felspar, which is soft, and the dark inclusions are biotite, which is hard, creating an undulating surface which is better for g…
Created on: Saturday 28th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
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