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ON THE OCCURRENCE OF FLINT FLAKES, AND SMALL 

 STONE IMLPEMENTS IN CORNWALL. 



By FRANCIS BRENT, F.S.A. 



[Continued from the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, No. xxxii. 

 Vol. 9, 1886.] 



Pradanack Moor, near Mullion, Lizard. — Here are traces of 

 very many hut circles indicating the presence in former 

 years of a large village, or encampment. The stones forming 

 the walls of the circles have, in almost all cases, been 

 carried away to construct new walls, but the marks or 

 scars where the circles stood are still distinctly visible : 

 many hundreds of flint flakes have been picked up on the 

 Moor, and I also have found many good and perfect flakes. 



PoLURRiAN Head, near Mullion. — An ancient camp once was 

 situated on this headland, similar to that at the Logan — the 

 ditches marking off the enclosure are still to be seen — the 

 cliff on all sides towards the sea is perpendicular and 

 inaccessible for assault — on the land side, and from the 

 adjoining fields flakes and cores and pieces have been 

 collected by myself in considerable quantity, the cores 

 and fragments indicating that the flakes and arrow-heads — 

 for some of these have been found — were manufactured on 

 the spot from stones brought from a distance, mostly from 

 the greensand district, 



St. Ives. — Near the old Battery rock, in Portreath Bay, I have 

 met with a few broken flakes and pieces. 



Lelant Towans. — A more unlikely place than this for flakes can 

 scarcely be conceived, the Towans of blown sand covering 

 nearly the whole coast from Carbis Bay to Lelant, at one 

 spot. However, near Lelant Church, the sand has been 

 blown away, leaving the bare rock exposed, having only a 

 slight sprinkling of coarser sand. I found very many flakes 

 and pieces on this spot, and under somewhat similar 

 circumstances. 



