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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: HAMP-E4D0B5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A corroded iron Roman arrowhead. The object consists of a triangulated head which emerges from a flaring conical shaft, now filled with soil with a probable piece of wood remaining. The shaft is abraded at it base. The form is similar to arrowheads illustrated in W.H. Manning and which are identified as Type I (Plate 85, 280-281).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.4 mm
Width: 12.8 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2882
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Nether Wallop (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2936
Four figure Latitude: 51.122555
Four figure longitude: -1.587013
1:25K map: SU2936
1:10K map: SU23NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manning, W.H. | 1985 | Catalogue of the Romano-British Iron Tools, Fittings and Weapons in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 85 | 280,281 |
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