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FLAKE

Unique ID: WILT-DC7684

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Bronze Age badly damaged flake of buff colour, possibly a rough-out for a barbed and tanged arrowhead although the shape is probably fortuitous. Measures 39.63x(max)31.52x8.09 and weighs 8.85g.

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2100 BC
Date to: 800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 39.63 mm
Width: 31.52 mm
Thickness: 8.09 mm
Weight: 8.85 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Durnford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU1235
Four figure Latitude: 51.114168
Four figure longitude: -1.829948
1:25K map: SU1235
1:10K map: SU13NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Audit data

Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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