Record ID: CORN-09CBC8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy seal matrix with a circular die and upright handle. The handle of the matrix is hexagonal in cross-section, and tapers and then widens to a hexagonal collar below a suspension loop that is lozenge-shaped in profile with a circular perforation. The circular die (face of the seal) depicts a heart in the centre that is being clasped by two hands with cuffs. Between the wrists is a four-petalled flower and the heart is bordered by foliage on either side. The inscription is set between two simple ridged lines and reads *PRIEVE SV E PLEIN D'A which can be understood as PRIEVE S…
Created on: Monday 26th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CC9546
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A pyramidal flake removed from a multi-platform core or from thinning a biface. It contains a coarser inclusion in the flint.The colour is opaque cream and this may be patination or the original colour but there is a suspicious pinkish hue and some dark red 'splotches'. Furthermore where the edge of the tool has been slightly abraded, the small flake scar has a distinctive lustrous smooth surface. This with the lack of spalling or crazing of the structure suggests deliberate, slow and controlled heat treatment of the flint. There are dozens of examples of this in the Clodgy Moor area.…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2013
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Record ID: CORN-1F5E80
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Silver reduced siliqua, of the period AD 360 to 367 (Reece Periods 18-19), possibly of Jovian (c.AD 363-364). Reverse: VOT/V/MVLT/X within wreath type. For possible type see RIC VIII, Arles, no. 331. This reverse type was struck for Jovian, Valentinian I and Valens. Altough the obverse legend appears to read [ ] IOV[ ] it could just be D N V[ ] so the coin might be Valentinianic.
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2012
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-E0E652
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Hoard of forty-five base silver Roman radiates, mostly of the Gallic Emperors Postumus (AD 260-269), Laelian (AD 269) and Victorinus (AD 269-271), but also the Central Emperors Valerian & Gallienus, joint reign (AD 253-60), Gallienus and his wife, Salonina, sole reign (AD 260-268), Claudius II Gothicus (AD 268-270) and Quintillus (AD 270).
Created on: Monday 12th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Luxulyan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2B64C6
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A microlith formed on a bladelet of grey brown flint. The left margin has been abruptly retouched and blunted along its length forming a point at the distal end. The right margin is unretouched and sharp with a small natural nick in the edge. It may have been hafted with the blunt edge set with resin into a groove in a wood or bone tool. Butler(2005) illustrates a small lanceolate piece on page 101, fig 39, 14.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2013
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Record ID: CORN-2997D7
Object type: MULLER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Large granite cobble, used as a complete well-worn muller, oval in plan and plano-convex in profile and in section. The upper surface is convex with some wear and pitting and the base has been ground flat during its use as a muller, and then damaged more recently by the plough, judging by the gashes to the base and side of the stone. The sides also have several facets or shallow concavities due to damage. 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 …
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FFEA42
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A quite thick, decorated wall sherd from a large urn of approximately 0.3 metres diameter. The exterior is damaged from being exposed to rain and frost in the plough soil. It would have had a smooth finish with only a few fine grits showing in order for the herringbone pattern of plaited cords to be impressed. The sherd is crumbling with a developed network of fine surface cracks and the decoration only discernable in oblique light.The orangey red surface oxidised colour extends part way through the fabric which then remains dark grey brown to just below the orangey interior surface. …
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F87565
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A thick, plain wall sherd from a large urn of approximately 0.3-0.4 metres diameter. The exterior is complete and has a smooth finish with only a few fine grits showing but a developed network of fine surface cracks.The orangey red oxidised colour extends about half-way through the fabric which then remains dark grey brown to the interior surface. This has a leathery appearance and has been beaten to a dense finish with the larger grits below the surface causing local bumps on the otherwise flat interior . The clay contains fine up to 2mm corroded white felspar with a sorted addition …
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7FB2F2
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
An edge trimmed flake, grey and brown in colour, bi-facially retouched and expediently made. The right margin of the dorsal face exhibits discontinuous retouch with a low angle and is of edge extent. The same retouch is evident on the ventral face resulting in improved serration function. Extensive cortex cover of the left margin of the dorsal face allows for comfortable handling. Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example on p131, Fig 57, L113.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2013
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7F8595
Object type: DENTICULATE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A denticulate, grey in colour, Uni-facially retouched and expediently made. A series of notches along the left margin gives a denticulated edge. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on p143, Fig 5.129, F150 which dates to the Late Neolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2013
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