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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SOM-51BE1D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Knapped flint leaf shaped arrowhead, dating from the Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (4000-1000 BC). Both faces are completely covered by covering, scaled, low angled retouch done by pressure flaking. The arrowhead is broadly leaf shaped (lancolate) with a wider, round base. The widest point is about a third of the way up from the base. The point is slightly angled, possibly due to damage. The arrowhead is a tertiary piece with no cortex left. The flint is a translucent pale grey. the arrowhead is 26.3mm long, 15.6mm wide and 4.4mm thick; it weighs 1.72 grams.
Notes:
Part of a large group of flint from the same field, including unworked material, cores and a few finished tools. The finished items and cores suggest a multi-period site with potential Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age activity.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.3 mm
Width: 15.6 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 1.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1990 - Saturday 12th July 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16723
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
Parish or ward: Beckington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8251
Four figure Latitude: 51.25787463
Four figure longitude: -2.25932983
1:25K map: ST8251
1:10K map: ST85SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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