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3.6 Summary

As anticipated, no exact match between axe and exposure thin-sections from greenstone material from Zennor Point, Gurnard's Head or Kenidjack has been found. However, some greenstone rocks do contain similar mineralogies and textures to some of the axes, suggesting some axes may originate from North Cornwall. The closest match observed was between GpI-1 and MM3. However, since MM3 was not found in situ it cannot shed any light on the source exposure, except that MM3 was a 16kg and >30cm diameter boulder that may not have been transported far from its source, thus suggesting a North Penwith origin.

Table 3: List of rock samples collected from Cornish greenstone exposures
Region Location Samples
Lizard Peninsula Lizard Dykes MM1; MM2
Gramscatho Group Cury CUR001; CUR002
Mylor Slate Formation (South Coast) Cudden PointCUD001, CUD002; CUD003
Porthleven PLN001; PLN002
Perranuthnoe (inc. Trenow Cove) TRE001 to TRE013 inclusive
Penzance PEN001 to PEN 003
Mousehole PEN004
Long Rock LNR001 to 004
Polkinhorne PLK001
Tredavoe TDO001
Mylor Slate Formation (North Coast) Gurnard's Head GUR001 and GUR002
Zennor Point ZEN001 and 002
Kenidjack KEN001
Local finds (Dave Weddle) NW Cornwall MM3; MM4

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