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This pick was found on the donor's farm at Polventon, Cornwall. It was used as a pick on the farm, but may have originally been a miner's tool, used in the tin mines about 1/4 mile away from the farm.

1 pick axehead: metal

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'PICK (HAMMER-HEADED) // See Recording Form. // [pencil sketch]', MERL Recording form – 'Additional information // Found in the yard on the farm where it had been used as a pick. The design, however, suggests that it is a miners tool + may have come from the tin mines about 1/4 mile away from the farm. // [pencil sketch]'