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Pleistocene barnacle goose bone
Identification by Anne Eastham March 2006.
A carpometacarpal of a barnacle goose. The bone is broken across its shaft near the proximal end. The bone is stained brown and there is some evidence of root etching on its surface.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
86.33H/2.NC114
Find Information
Site Name: Little Hoyle Cave, Penally
Grid Reference: SS 112 9900
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1984
Acquisition
Donation, 22/5/1986
Measurements
length / mm:28.2
width / mm:20.2
thickness / mm:8.7
weight / g:1.1
Material
bone
Location
In store
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