FLINTS
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You can see some of the flints found on Crousa Downs (map reference SW762192) They were collected by the Wood family, whilst living at Trelangate, from 1972 until 1987.
The hand axe was found by Andrew Wood, in 1979, about 100 metres South of the map reference given. The flints are thought to be Mesolithic, (middle stone age), from around 4,500 to 4,000BC.

flint hand axe

1. Flint hand axe       length 186mm     weight 350 grams



core


blade

blade

2. Core 59mm 3. Blade front and back 64mm

notched tool

small scraper

small scraper
4. Notched tool 48mm 5. Small scraper 31mm 6. Small scraper 29mm
microlith microlith microlith microlith
7. Microlith 36mm 8. Microlith 31mm 9. Microlith 31mm 10. Microlith 26mm

The flints appear close to life size at a screen resolution of 800 x 600.

See our page of  flints collected from Crousa Downs held by Truro Museum in Box 797.

 For those interested in reading more on the subject of local flints there is the booklet written by Edith Dowson in 1971, entitled "Flint Finds from the Lizard".  She refers to an earlier work by Charles Thomas written in 1955, entitled "Flint Industries from the Lizard".
My thanks are due to Margaret Hunt, 
who has kindly shared her knowledge of flints.		 Photographs and text
by Peter Wood 2002