Record ID: CORN-C47AB0
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat quartzite cobble rubbing stone or hammerstone, oval in plan, and oblong in profile and in section. Both surfaces have been used for rubbing and there are patches of anvil pecking in the centre of each face and on several edges, where it may have been used as a hammerstone. 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 Neolit…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-AE3196
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Greenstone hammerstone, ovate in plan, and trapezoidal in profile and section. The upper face has been weathered to a smooth flat surface and the base has been ground flat and one end tapers slightly to a rounded rough edge, suggesting some possible rough hammerstone use around part of the perimeter. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are appropriate for selection from a beach during the Neolithic as the beach selection would ensure hard enduring pieces. It is quite possible t…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-9A5B61
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chunk of tabular greenstone, semi-circular in plan, and pentagonal in profile and rectangular in section. The upper face has been weathered to a smooth flat surface and the base has been ground flat and one end tapers to a rounded rough edge, suggesting some possible coarse hammerstone use. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are all fresh and unweathered, appropriate for selection from a beach during the Neolithic. The beach selection would ensure hard enduring pieces. It is q…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-9951E7
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fine-grained greenstone cobble, circular in plan, and ovate in profile and section. The upper and lower or base surfaces have both been ground and the facet at one end of the stone has been ground flat, while the other rounded end has been pecked, suggesting extensive use as a hammerstone and possibly a pestle. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are all fresh and unweathered, appropriate for selection from a beach during the Neolithic. The beach selection would ensure hard end…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-851C25
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Igneous rock cobble, probably greenstone but awaiting geological comment by Roger Taylor. The cobble is circular in plan and almost circular, but bun-shaped with a flat base, in profile and section. There is some pecking on the upper surface and the sides of the stone, where some larger flakes have been removed, and the base is ground flat, suggesting hammerstone and pestle use. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are all fresh and unweathered, appropriate for selection from a …
Created on: Sunday 12th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-808B47
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Veined igneous rock cobble, probably greenstone but awaiting geological comment by Roger Taylor. The cobble is triangular in plan and plano-convex in profile and section, with a vein running obliquely through the stone, which looks like a fracture. There is some pecking on the upper surface and grinding on the flattened sides and base, suggesting hammerstone and pestle use. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are all fresh and unweathered, appropriate for selection from a beach…
Created on: Sunday 12th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-7EA1D3
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Igneous rock cobble, probably greenstone but awaiting geological comment by Roger Taylor. The cobble is circular in plan and ovate in profile and section, with flakes having been removed over one side of the upper surface and a flattened base, suggesting hammerstone and pestle use. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are all fresh and unweathered, appropriate for selection from a beach during the Neolithic. The beach selection would ensure hard enduring pieces. It is quite poss…
Created on: Sunday 12th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 12th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-4EDA88
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fine igneous rock ball, probably greenstone but awaiting geological comment by Roger Taylor. The ball is circular in plan and ovate in profile and section, with pecking all over the upper surface and a flattened base, perhaps through grinding or hammering. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are all fresh and unweathered, appropriate for selection from a beach during the Neolithic. The beach selection would ensure hard enduring pieces. It is quite possible that the wear o…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 12th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-4592B3
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cobble of quartz tourmaline, a late stage alteration of granite, sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in profile. Part of the concave curved surface on the upper face which looks like a polishing surface, has been naturally formed, but the breaks retain evidence of its use as a hammerstone. Roger Taylor comments that this material would work well grinding greenstone, so perhaps it was also used as a polishing stone. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are all f…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
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Record ID: CORN-44BEA1
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small volcanic greenstone cobble, sub-square in plan and section and rhomboidal in profile, with rounded facets and flat parallel surfaces, probably used as a hammerstone and sourced in the Mounts Bay area of Cornwall. The hammerstone is of a convenient size to be held in the hand. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are all fresh and unweathered, appropriate for selection from a beach during the Neolithic. The beach selection would ensure hard enduring pieces. It is quite poss…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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