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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: ESS-3D3A23
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, knapped with invasive retouch over all surfaces. One of the barbs is missing, and the other is damaged at the tip. The tang is rectangular and has a rounded end. It is 28.54mm long, 20.37mm wide, 4.22mm thick and weighs 1.7 grams. It is a mid-grey flint with some repatination on the surface.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.54 mm
Width: 20.37 mm
Thickness: 4.22 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 18th March 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Chelmsford 5775
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Great Yarmouth (District)
Parish or ward: Bradwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL8023
Four figure Latitude: 51.876515
Four figure longitude: 0.613518
1:25K map: TL8023
1:10K map: TL82SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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