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Record ID: CORN-079E42
Object type: WINGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A complete late bronze Age looped winged axe of the end-winged type axe. This type is characteristic of the Carp's Tongue complex of metalwork which dates to within the Ewart phase of the British Late Bronze Age, around 1000 - 800 BC.
Created on: Sunday 5th October 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Erth parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-480864
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast pewter whistle in for the form of a hunting horn or pipe, beyond which is what appears to be a Medieval purse, defined by a border of pellets in relief. The horn or pipe expands into a circular recessed bowl with everted rim, and at the centre of the base of the bowl there is a small air hole, 1.5 mm in diameter. The other end of the horn has a circular aperture, 3 mm in diameter, which the user would have blown into, and the whistle is small enough that this end could be held between the teeth to allow both hands to be free. There are two intact iron rivets at the bac…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tywardreath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-0FF226
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pressed sheet gilt copper alloy whistle, rectangular in plan and profile and square in section, with the underside of the mouthpiece having broken off, but the fragment still remains. The fragment of mouthpiece that has broken off has the maker's initials 'SD' in script within an oval cartouche and beneath a crown. The maker's mark is that of Sandilands Drinkwater, who was a London silversmith based in Gutter Lane from 1735-1761. There is a Georgian silver rattle with a whistle attached with very similar decoration, composed of flowers, leaves and tendrils or fronds, and another rattl…
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2013
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Record ID: CORN-20FDEF
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Post-medieval pewter whistle (c.1800-1880). This hollow whistle is sub-triangular in plan and tapers from the flattened distal end which would have been oval in section to the circular mouth-piece at the opposite end. There is a sub-circular sound hole about half way along the length of the body of the whistle. Just inside the distal broken edge is a raised transverse ridge and there would have been a cap and suspension loop beyond this, looking at the example below, which is now missing. A section of the back of the whistle wall is also missing and the intact barre…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Record ID: CORN-B79267
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast tin alloy hawking whistle, cylindrical in profile and circular in section, with two raised ribs which run around the circumference of the barrel of the whistle, on either side of the semi-circular sounding hole, which has since broken to form a larger aperture. The upper end of the whistle tapers towards the neck and then expands into a spherical suspension loop that has a drilled circular hole which would have taken the lanyard or cord to suspend the whistle. At the opposite end, the mouthpiece of the whistle is also broken so that it is open and the 'baffle' is loose…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: CORN-8F2B73
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast tin alloy hawking whistle, cylindrical in profile and circular in section, with a knopped domed terminal beyond a raised rib that runs around the circumference of the barrel of the whistle. Beyond the rib, there is a semi-circular sounding hole, as the whistle tapers slightly towards the mouthpiece at the opposite end. The mouth-piece is convex at the top and concave on the underside to accommodate the lower lip of the player. This separate underside part is secured by solder and has a slim inlet. Within the barrel-shaped chamber of the whistle, alligned with the straight edge of…
Created on: Thursday 6th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: CORN-55F978
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy 'hawking' whistle, cylindrical but waisted in plan and circular in section. At the broader closed end there is a spherical knop and at its widest point, the bulbous body is incised with a line that runs around the diameter of the whistle. At the opposite end, the mouthpiece, the circular terminal has been interrupted by a flattened U-shaped section at a 45° angle for the upper lip to rest on, which funnels the air into the whistle. Beyond this raised terminal, on the opposite side to the mouthpiece, is a triangular recessed aperture with a triangular blow-hole. …
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2012
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-DC10C1
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Greenstone (epidiorite or dolerite) whetstone or muller with two worked edges, probably used to polish metal, although the base may also have been used as a rubbing stone, to grind grain. The muller is sub-oval in plan, with one rounded end and one flat, where the edge is slightly damaged. The stone is sub-triangular in section, flat on the side that was used for rubbing, and also worked on the other two oblique faces, where it was used instead as a base for polishing metal implements. The muller base would have been used with a larger saddle quern to grind grain between the stones …
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-E43286
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete whetstone worked from a bladed beach pebble of silty sandstone that has trimmed and faceted ends and a faceted edge on both sides (Dr Roger Taylor pers comm). The whetstone is sub-rectangular in plan, with two rounded ends and straight sides. There are percussion marks and damage at both ends and a large chip missing from one edge. There are also many grooves cut into the surface, perhaps by the plough, though there are three incised chevrons in a herring-bone pattern on one face, which may be deliberate. Both faces are flat and worn where they were used for sharpening and …
Created on: Monday 14th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: CORN-138FA4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete whetstone worked from a bladed beach pebble of silty sandstone that has a trimmed and faceted end (Dr Roger Taylor pers comm) and flat vertical sides. The whetstone is rectangular in plan, with straight sides and one broken end. There are percussion marks at the faceted end and a large flake missing from the opposite end. Both sides and one face are flat and worn where they were used for sharpening and polishing metal. There are Devonian (Portscatho Formation) sandstones, potentially suitable for whetstones, on the coast between Loe Pool and Polurrian Cove in the northwest …
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C88526
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete sandstone whetstone, used on two sides and one face, so that they are smooth, and broken at one end. Romano-British, judging from the majority of material that it was found with. Carlyon (1987) illustrates a similar example from Carvossa, Probus on page 137, Fig.14, No.4, which is dated from the 1st to the 4th century AD. Quinnell (2004) illustrates a similar example from Trethurgy on page 141, Fig.67, No.18, which is dated from c.AD 150-550.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Record ID: CORN-ED5387
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hornfels whetstone, triangular in plan, tapering to one end, and rectangular in profile. The length of one side of the stone has been smoothed and flattened by continuous use, probably sharpening a metal blade. The opposite side is also worked and worn, but has a square section that is recessed, which may have been deliberate or through damage. Nowakowski (1991) illustrates a similar whetstone from Trethellan, Newquay on page 147, Fig.61, No.95, which is dated to the Bronze Age. Ashbee (1999) illustrates similar examples of whetstones with tapering ends from Halangy Down on page 99, F…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-ED9EE0
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elvan or fine-grained granite whetstone or rubbing stone, semi-circular in plan, rectangular in profile and tear-shaped in section. The length of one side of the stone has been smoothed and flattened by continuous use, probably sharpening a metal blade. The opposite side is also worked and worn, but has an area that is slightly recessed, which may be a result of the pitting of the surface over time. The base of the stone is also slightly hollowed and may have been used as a rubbing stone, to grind grain, rather than blades, initially, and then when it broke in half, it was re-used as a…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
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Record ID: CORN-89FC47
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete whetstone for sharpening metal tools or flensing tool for cleaning hides with both ends broken off, engraved with a lobe and circle pattern on one face that is comparable to the decoration seen on Iron Age metalwork. There is also the beginnings of this pattern with S-shaped scrolls on the opposite flat face of the whetstone. This decoration is under, and therefore earlier than, one set of parallel linear grooves on the side edge of the whetstone, that consist of three shorter, wider lines, 5-6 mm in length and 2-3 mm in width, followed by another nine lines, 8 mm in length…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-E94D5B
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sandstone, possibly greywacke, whetstone with damaged end. 146 mm in length, 60 mm in width, 30 mm in thickness and 482.1 g in weight. The whetstone is sub-rectangular in plan and in profile and oval in section. Made from a beach pebble, all the edges are rounded, and the surfaces of the implement are generally smooth. The two longer edges are worn smooth and flat through use as a whetstone to sharpen metalwork. One end is worn and pitted through repeated percussion where it was used as a hammer. The undamaged part of the opposite end is similarly pitted by percussion but was subseq…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-C3A944
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken section of a narrow bladed cobble, probably metamorphosed slate, rectangular in plan and profile, and oblong in section. One face has been ground to a smooth flat surface, as a whetstone facet, and there are scratch marks along the edge of the stone. This is one of a group of cobbles found in the same area, made of various materials, that were used as domestic artefacts such as mullers, rubbers and whetstones. All of these would be at home on a Middle Bronze Age settlement. Unfortunately we know insufficient about the range of stone artefacts used in Neolithic Cornwall to make …
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-C424B2
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small bladed cobble, probably metamorphosed slate, oblong in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile, and plano-convex in section. One face has been ground to a flat surface, probably for rubbing or whetstone use, with some flakes having been removed along the edge of the stone. This is one of a group of cobbles found in the same area, made of various materials, that were used as domestic artefacts such as mullers, rubbers and whetstones. All of these would be at home on a Middle Bronze Age settlement. Unfortunately we know insufficient about the range of stone artefacts used in Neolithic …
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-0EE8C3
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat tabular block of fine quartzite, sub-rectangular in plan, profile and in section. Both surfaces are waterworn with patches of iron staining and some shallow concavities due to damage. There are also areas of grinding, particularly on the base and the sides, where there are shallow grinding grooves, which suggest that it was probably used as a whetstone. This is one of a group of cobbles found in the same area, made of various materials, that were used as domestic artefacts such as mullers, rubbers and whetstones. All of these would be at home on a Middle Bronze Age settlement. Un…
Created on: Sunday 19th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-2DDECA
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone of hornfels or metamorphosed spotted slate (Roger Taylor pers comm), trapezoidal in plan and rectangular in profile and in section. It is 134.5 mm in length, maximum width 68.5 mm close to the undamaged end, narrowing to 45.5 mm at the broken end, 26 mm maximum thickness and weight 397.5 g. The convex dorsal surface has been pecked and slightly polished to produces an irregular but smooth surface which narrows towards the broken end. The implement has been split longitudinally so that the ventral surface is flatter and rougher; there is a ridge 25 mm from the w…
Created on: Monday 18th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-24C7BA
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete fine-grained sandstone or siltstone whetstone, rectangular in plan, profile and section. One of the wider faces is smooth and might have been used to sharpen blades, and the opposite face with an ovate recess, 42 mm long, 38 mm wide and 4 mm deep, was perhaps used as an anvil for crushing limpets, nuts or smaller foodstuffs. The finder has also found references to prehistoric stones with similar indentations that have been used as anvils for knapping flint from the Iberian peninsula. There are deep grooves on the smooth face that have been caused by later damage, possibly f…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2016
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