Record ID: CORN-0F35D4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cordoned rim sherd from a large jar of Roman date (c. 100-300 AD) with a rolled rim and larger applied cordon, immediately beneath it, with a groove between to define the cordons. The sherd is a bright orangey colour throughout and the surfaces have been oxidised. The fabric contains mica, felspar and augite inclusions, which suggests that it is made from gabbroic clay, originating from the Lizard. The clay may have been made more iron-rich in order for the jar to look more like the terracotta colour of the Roman imports at the time. Romano-British in form. Carlyon (1987) illustrates …
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2016
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Record ID: CORN-935380
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd with an oblique line of single twisted cord-impressed decoration running across the left side of the exterior of the sherd. The sherd is made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and on the interior of the sherd, and throughout the core. This gabbroic fabric and type of decoration are seen on comparable local Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming). Anna Brindley in Cleal and …
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-8AC531
Object type: POT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd from an open jar with an everted rim and an almost S-shaped profile, but it is broken above the shoulder of the vessel. The rim is uneven and poorly finished and from the curvature and fabric, the sherd appears to be comparable to Gwithian style ware which dates from the 6th to the 7th centuries AD (Carl Thorpe pers comm). The fabric is an orange to brown colour with felspar and mica inclusions, and has been high fired, which again suggests that it is Early Medieval in date and not from the Iron Age (Carl Thorpe pers comm).
Created on: Saturday 10th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: CORN-F51C87
Object type: LAMP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete pottery lamp with a turned, cyclindrical body, widening towards the base, which has broken off, and tapering towards the everted base of the reservoir for the oil. There is some sooting apparent in this reservoir base, but most of it is now missing. It was probably originally circular to oval in plan with short sides and a lip at one end to hold the end of the wick so that it could be lit. The fabric is a buff to light orange colour with exterior sooting, and is quite micaceous, which suggests that it is Lostwithiel type ware and dates from the 16th century (Carl…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 20th July 2010
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Record ID: CORN-A55EA6
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery sherd of decorated grooved ware. The outer surface is incised with alternating oblique lines in a herringbone pattern. The fabric is reddish-brown in colour and fine with small particles or inclusions of pale feldspar, dark augite or tourmaline and mica. The fabric looks gabbroic, from clay that weathers over the gabbro stone on the Lizard in Cornwall (Henrietta Quinnell forthcoming). Gossip & Jones (2007) illustrate a pot with similar decoration from a Clacton sub-style vessel on page 55, Fig.23, No.PP 4, which was found in a ritual pit No.293. Another ritual pit nearby con…
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2011
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Record ID: CORN-AADD45
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pottery body sherds that fit together to form part of the side of a jar. The sherds have a brown interior and core and an orangey exterior. The fabric contains mica, felspar and augite inclusions, which suggests that it is made from gabbroic clay, originating from the Lizard. The larger body sherd measures 56 mm long by 36 mm wide by 10 mm thick, and the smaller 36 mm long by 47 mm wide by 9 mm thick, which is probably closer to the rim of the vessel. Similar pottery jars have been found at other sites in Penwith, such as Porthmeor and Chysauster, and date from the Romano-Briti…
Created on: Monday 9th April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Record ID: CORN-C79472
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd from a round-based bowl with a narrowed pointed rim and scratched linear decoration in a random cross-hatched pattern on the exterior. The fabric is a uniform light brown throughout with a reduced exterior and is likely to be gabbroic with light felspar, dark augite and large quartzite inclusions. Neolithic in form. Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example from Carn Brea from a rounded bowl on page 173, Fig.71, No.P114, which is dated to the Early Neolithic period, c.3900-3300 BC.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2017
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Record ID: CORN-C907B5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd of Samian ware with some slip surviving, probably of plain Samian ware but not enough remains to be sure. The fabric is fine and a uniform terracotta colour throughout with a slightly grey surface where the pottery has reacted with the darker red slip, as the slip has decayed over time. Roman import. Carlyon (1987) lists similar fragments on pages 107-109 from Carvossa, but does not illustrate them.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2016
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Record ID: CORN-C94E82
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd with abraded and possibly unfinished trumpet lug attached. The fabric is a uniform mid brown throughout with a reduced exterior and is compact with fine inclusions of mica, pale felspar, and large quartzite inclusions. Neolithic in form. Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example from Carn Brea of a trumpet lug from a rounded bowl which has only been finely perforated on page 163, Fig.66, No.P10, which is dated to the Early Neolithic period, c.3900-3300 BC.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2017
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Record ID: CORN-DE4546
Object type: TILE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic floor tile, rectangular in plan and flat in section, now broken into two sections, with four peg holes which would have held another rectangular flat object, possibly made of metal or slate, in order to repair the tile and link the two pieces back together. The frabric is a uniform orange colour throughout and is fine with a few pale inclusions, that could be felspars. This suggests that the tile is Post-medieval in date, and most likely to be relatively modern.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-779874
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete pottery handle of large cistern or pitcher, similar to a strap handle in plan but oval in section, which is less common, locally. The fabric is typical of the local Lostwithiel ware, with felspar and mica inclusions, which is dated from the 15th to 16th century, for this style of handle. The remains of the body attached to the end of the handle is 68 mm in length, 74 mm in width, and 24 mm in thickness. The handle is 104 mm long, 53 mm wide and 40 mm thick. (maximum dimensions recorded below) Fairclough (1979) illustrates a handle of similar proportions, attached to a large…
Created on: Saturday 17th February 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Record ID: CORN-854136
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a clay pipe stem, cylindrical in profile and circular in section made of white uniform fabric with a bore hole diameter of 2 mm. The diameter of the stem suggests that it came from an 18th-century clay pipe, according to Ayto (1990, 6).
Created on: Monday 27th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: CORN-C08C74
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery strap handle fragment from a pitcher with orangey-grey oxidised exterior surfaces and light grey reduced interior and multiple mica inclusions which suggest that it is made of Lostwithiel ware. From the form of the handle in section, with its C shape with protruding side flanges, it looks similar to those illustrated in Austin (CAJ No.28, 1989) on page 148, Fig.4.5, Nos.86 & 89, which are dated from the 15th to the 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Record ID: CORN-D8C057
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Clay pipe stem, cylindrical in profile and circular in section, made of a white uniform fabric with a bore diameter of 3 mm. The diameter of the stem suggests that it comes from a 17th-century clay pipe, according to Ayto (1990, 4).
Created on: Friday 31st March 2006
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: CORN-D924A6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery fragment of a strap handle from a post-medieval pitcher or jar, C-shaped in section, with oxidised orange exterior and grey reduced interior. The fabric is quite micaceous and is therefore a Lostwithiel type ware dating from the 15th to 16th century, like another example illustrated in Austin (CAJ No.28, 1989) p. 148, Fig.4.5, No.86.
Created on: Friday 31st March 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Record ID: CORN-1A5446
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd of globular, cooking vessel, probably with a sagging base, decorated with an incised wavy line on the exterior surface just below the shoulder, which would have been the widest point of the vessel. The fabric is a buff to light brown colour throughout and has white mica, pale felspar and dark platey inclusions. The sherd has an oxidised interior and a dark brown sooted exterior. The vessel was probably hand made and then turned on a slow wheel. The curvature of the sherd suggests that the diameter of the vessel would have been about 140 mm, at the shoulder. Simila…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Record ID: CORN-B10124
Object type: POT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery storage jar broken into about eighty sherds, with an S-shaped profile, but with no rim sherds to determine if it is everted. The shoulder and body of the vessel are incised with wider horizontal bands, running around the circumference, which border narrower oblique lines in a rough upright lattice pattern. This pattern is probably imitating the lattice decoration seen on Black Burnished ware produced in Britain during the Roman period, and particularly Black Burnished 1 (BB1) which was first produced in Dorset and other areas and was widely distributed from AD 120 to the late …
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2013
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Record ID: CORN-0B41D5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Large pottery body sherd of a large urn or food vessel decorated with a single line of a double-plaited or twisted cord impression running along the upper edge of the exterior of the sherd, where it has broken away from the rest of the vessel. This is probably the lower border of a panel of decoration which is normally found in the upper third of the pot, which can have combinations of twisted cord impressed chevrons and oblique lines between the horizontal borders. The fabric is a gabbroic admixture (Henrietta Quinnell pers comm) with large inclusions of pale feslpar, dark augite and…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Sunday 11th July 2021
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Record ID: CORN-C2A644
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Pottery sherd with fine incised pairs of parallel oblique lines within vertical linear borders, also consisting of two parallel lines. The pairs of oblique lines, which are at about a 45 degree angle, are divided by a central pair of vertical lines, so that they appear as a chevron or herringbone pattern when looked at as a whole. The sherd is made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica, and is orangey-brown on the exterior and dark brown on the interior of the sherd, with some …
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Sunday 11th July 2021
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Record ID: CORN-86552A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a pottery body sherd from a large Bronze Age urn or food vessel. The exterior is undecorated so that dating within the 2nd millennium BC is difficult. The fabric is a gabbroic (clay that weathers over the gabbro stone on the Lizard) with inclusions of pale feslpar, dark augite and mica.The colour of the fabric is a light brown interior to more oxidised orange exterior. The curvature of the upper edge of the sherd suggests that the original diameter of the vessel would have been about 400 mm in diameter. The fabric, thickness and curvature is typical of what is locally term…
Created on: Saturday 22nd August 2015
Last updated: Sunday 11th July 2021
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