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hammerstone
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2017-01-12 17:26:36
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hammerstone
Description
English: A natural, unmodified beach cobble of uncertain date which has been used as a hammerstone. Sub-oval in plan, with a pronounced bulge on the lower left margin when viewed from the dorsal face, plano-convex in profile and in section. An oval, domed patch at the distal end of the side bulge, 92mm long and 52mm wide, is pitted through use as a hammerstone. The pitting has resulted in some flaking of the surface indicating that it was used for striking large objects. Made from a greywacke sandstone beach cobble from the Crackington Formation dating from of the Upper Carboniferous age (332 to 290 million years BP).

The surface stone is pale grey grading gradually to greyish-yellow grey in colour, with surface striations of red-brown iron carbonate staining.

Hammerstones were used throughout the prehistoric period in flint-knapping and for other tasks requiring a heavy percussive tool. The current example is typical of such objects and lacking a secure context cannot be safely attributed to any particular date in prehistory.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 6500 BC and 43
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FindID: 811171
Old ref: PUBLIC-FC5223
Filename: DSCN4292.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/597028
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/597028/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/811171
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 16 November 2020)
Object location50° 52′ 28.2″ N, 4° 29′ 42.04″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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