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ARROWHEAD

Unique ID: PUBLIC-6AF4C7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Flint oblique arrowhead, sub-triangular in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. Retouch along the right edge of the dorsal face, with barb at proximal end and tip broken off at distal end. The flint is dark grey colour with lighter flecks.

Keene (1999) illustrates a similar example on page 100, Fig. 3, No. 45, which is dated to the later Neolithic.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.4 mm
Width: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 1.27 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2005 - Thursday 30th June 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 3.2
Museum accession number: TRURI 2011.23

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.088689
Four figure longitude: -5.552343
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Keene, B.	1999	A Gazetteer of Flint Arrowheads from South-West Britain	Exeter	Devon Archaeological Society	100,Fig.3,	No.45

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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