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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: DEV-AB99FE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A flint leaf-shaped arrowhead dating to the Neolithic period. The item is roughly triangular in plan (originally leaf-shaped but only half remains) and has an elongated lenticular cross section. The edges are lightly retouched. The flint is a mid to pale grey, with areas of white. It is possible the arrowhead may have been snapped in half deliberately.
Class: Flint
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th October 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: Exeter (District)
Parish or ward: Topsham (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX9689
Four figure Latitude: 50.69132245
Four figure longitude: -3.47372774
1:25K map: SX9689
1:10K map: SX99NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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