Record ID: CORN-2E86A1
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead. Triangular in plan, plano-convex in profile and in section. Made on a secondary flake of fine-textured, medium-brown flint with a small patch of cortex remaining on the dorsal face. A series of conchoidal ripples are clearly visible at the distal end of the ventral face although the striking platform and bulb of percussion and have been lost by the deliberate snapping off of the proximal end of the flake, to produce the desired triangular shape. This complete edge and the adjacent distal edge have then been blunted from the dorsal face by the remov…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-2E747C
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint leaf-shaped arrowhead. Oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and in section. Made on a tertiary flake of dark grey fine-textured translucent nodular flint, with no cortex remaining. A series of conchoidal ripples are clearly visible at the distal end of the ventral face although at the proximal end both the striking platform and the bulb of percussion have been removed by the removal of several small flakes. The pointed tip of the arrowhead has broken off from the distal end. The dorsal face of bears the scars of removal of two earlier flakes. Both lateral margins of the dorsa…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-54224A
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint edge-trimmed flake, sub-oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of at least three thin, earlier, longitudinal flakes or blades, leaving a small area of cortex at the distal end. The careful removal of these earlier flakes suggests the production of small blades and tools. A secondary flake of coarse, mottled grey-brown flint which has been derived from a local beach pebble. Mercer (1981) illustrates similar edge-trimmed flakes excavated from Carn Brea in Cornwall on page 129, fig.56, nos.L100 & L107, whic…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-541C07
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint knife, sub-triangular in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile and in section. The large area of cortex remaining on the dorsal face has been thinned by the removal of a large, thin flake which has not penetrated to the interior flint. The striking platform is clearly visible at the proximal end with a pronounced bulb of percussion on the adjacent ventral face. The left margin has been thinned on the dorsal face, removing the cortex with numerous shallow pressure flakes to produces a cutting edge. The opposing right margin has been damaged at a later date, but at the undamaged distal …
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-5414D2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint backed knife, triangular in plan and plano-convex in section and in profile. The striking platform is clearly visible at the proximal end of the knife, with a pronounced bulb of percussion on the adjacent, ventral face. The tool is made on a secondary flake of mottled light grey local beach flint with a patch of cortex remaining along the right margin of the dorsal face. Beyond the edge of the cortex, this right margin has been retouched to blunt or 'back' the knife in order to make it easier to haft in a handle. The opposing left margin of the dorsal face has been thinned by th…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-540D2C
Object type: AWL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint awl or piercer, 'tear-drop' shaped in plan, and plano-convex in both profile and section. The implement has been steeply retouched along its entire perimeter of the dorsal face resulting in a dual-purpose tool with an awl at the narrow proximal end and a scraper at the wider distal end. Made on a secondary flake of dark grey-brown flint, with a small patch of cortex remaining on its dorsal face, which is likely to be derived from imported flint, perhaps from Beer Head in Devon where this colour and translucency is common. The tool is sharp-edged and unbroken. Bond (2004) illu…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-54035A
Object type: DENTICULATE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chert pointed denticulate, an elongated triangle in plan and profile and a short triangle in section. The bulb of percussion is missing but the conchoidal ripples from the striking of the blade from the original core are clearly visible on the ventral face. When viewed from the dorsal side the left margin has been blunted by the removal of numerous, small, vertical pressure flakes and there is denticulate working along the opposite, right margin of the dorsal face and on the other side, the left margin of the ventral face. The chert is a dark brown colour and is imported from outside …
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-53F34C
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint broken leaf-shaped arrowhead dating from the Neolithic period. The tip is pointed but almost half of the opposite end is missing, which would have been attached or hafted to the arrow shaft, so was probably still attached when this was broken during hunting. The arrowhead is tear-shaped in plan with the point slightly waisted as it tapers to the distal end and the proximal end slightly angled as it curves around to the broken edge, suggesting it is a Type 3B, letter n in Green's 1980 classification illustrated in Bond (2004) on page 123, fig.5.107. Bifacially worked with fine re…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-53A46D
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Beaker period, from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (c.2500-1500 BC). The arrowhead is triangular in plan with curved sides and lenticular in both profile and section. It has low angle retouch on about half of both faces, with fine pressure-flaked retouch on all of the margins. Both barbs are pointed and the tang is wide and slightly longer than the barbs and gently rounded at the base, placing it within the Beaker barbed and tanged arrowhead group Sutton B, Type g, of Green's 1980 classification illustrated in Bond (2004) o…
Created on: Monday 17th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C135B0
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A greensand chert blade, made on a broad, tertiary flake with no cortex remaining, sub-rectangular in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The proximal end has been thinned by the removal of a small flake from the dorsal face resulting in the loss of the striking platform. A small bulb of percussion is visible on the ventral face which is otherwise slightly concave. The scars of removal of two earlier longitudinal flakes are visible on the dorsal face, resulting in the triangular section of the flake. The right and left margins of the dorsal face have been retouch…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Saturday 25th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C12604
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper, sub-oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and lenticular in section. Part of the striking platform remains at the proximal end with a pronounced bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The dorsal face bears the scar of removal of an earlier, large flake and two smaller longitudinal flakes. The ventral face is slightly concave. Two small flakes have been removed at the distal end of the dorsal face, followed by the removal of seven or eight much smaller pressure flakes to form the scraper edge, which has been blunted by subsequent use. The flint is light grey in co…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C11667
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint double-ended scraper, oval in plan and steeply domed, being plano-convex in profile and in section. Made on a secondary flake with a large patch of cortex remaining on about three-quarters of the dorsal face. The proximal end of the dorsal face has been trimmed by the removal of four almost vertical flakes which have also removed the striking platform, as well as the bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The resulting edge is slightly damaged, possibly by use as a scraper. At the distal end about six or seven almost vertical flakes have also been removed, followed by a serie…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Saturday 25th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C10A21
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint truncated flake, sub-rectangular in plan, trapezoidal in profile and triangular in section. Made on a secondary flake with a small area of cortex remaining at the distal end. The flake has been snapped at an oblique angle; the broken, proximal end has then been modified by a line of abrupt retouch resulting in a concave edge with a point at the right margin (when viewed from the dorsal side). Truncated pieces are characteristic of Mesolithic assemblages although their function is not clearly understood. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar truncated flake from a Later Mesoli…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Saturday 25th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C100F0
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eight flint microflakes. Five are complete and three snapped or broken. All are tertiary flakes although a very small strip of cortex remains along the margin of one flake. The surface colour of the flint varies from pale grey, through mottled pale with dark grey to pale brown. There is no evidence of modification or use-wear to any of the flakes. Microflakes are a characteristic waste-product of Mesolithic industries which are found in many places near the Cornish coast.
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C0ECA9
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six broken or snapped flint blades. With one exception, where a small patch of cortex remains, all are tertiary removals with no cortex remaining. Three are distal fragments and three are medial fragments, all with evidence of conchoidal rippling on their ventral faces. The surface colour of the fragments varies from pale grey to a mottled grey-brown. There is no evidence of reworking or use-wear. The blades can be regarded as waste material from several flint-knapping episodes at different periods in prehistory, although the production of blades of this size is more common in the Neo…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C0D77F
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four broken, calcined, fire-cracked flint flakes. Due to calcification from the burning process the flint is white both externally and, where visible, internally. One flake retains a clear bulb of percussion and another the edge of the bulb; the two others display remnants of conchoidal rippling. The flakes are surface finds, found in association with flints from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods but are too fragmentary to be attributed to a particular prehistoric period.
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C0B6C1
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six broken flint flakes, several of which have been snapped off larger flakes and then discarded. One is a primary flake with cortex remaining on the entire dorsal face, two flakes have small patches of cortex remaining at the distal end and two are tertiary flakes with no cortex remaining. One flake retains its striking platform together with a prominent bulb of percussion, three are distal fragments with slight hinge fractures remaining and the last two are medial fragments with evidence of conchoidal rippling on their ventral faces. The surface colour of the smallest, fragmentary, …
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C0A1B5
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven complete flint flakes. Two are primary flakes, with cortex remaining on the whole of the dorsal face, two are secondary flakes with small patches of cortex and three are tertiary fakes with no cortex remaining. The flint is therefore derived from local beach pebbles. The flakes vary in shape from relatively long and wide to short and squat. None of the flakes show any signs of reworking or use-wear so they can be regarded as waste material from various flint-knapping episodes. The surface patination of the flint varies from almost white, through pale grey-brown to unpatinated da…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C08ACC
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five prehistoric flint core fragments. These vary in shape and size and although they all bear the scars of deliberate knapping all appear to be the waste from initial roughing-out prior to the commencement of more deliberate processing. The irregular nature of the fragments does not allow them to be attributed to a particular prehistoric period, but the size of the flake scars suggest that they date from the later Mesolithic to the Earlier Neolithic. All but one of the fragments retain patches of cortex which indicate that the flint was derived from local beach pebbles. The surface o…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C07B16
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two flint microcores, ovate in plan and triangular in profile. The smaller of the two cores has a single prepared striking platform from the edge of which several microflakes or blades have been removed. The larger core also has a pre-prepared platform from which microflakes or blades have been removed; additional flakes have then been removed from the adjacent edges of the core without the deliberate preparation of a second striking platform. Both cores are a mottled light to dark grey colour and both retain small patches of cortex which indicate that they are derived from local beac…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.