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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: KENT-77F4A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A knapped flint leaf arrowhead dating from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, c. 3300 BC to 1000 BC. The object is Kite-shaped and only worked on both faces with the beginnings of invasive, scaled, low angle retouch. This appears to have been unfinished as there is cortext and a flaw on the dorsal face. The object is unfinished and is still thick. It is 31.3mm long, 16.3mm wide, 6.4mm thick and weighs 3.57 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.3 mm
Width: 16.3 mm
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Weight: 3.57 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Medway (Unitary Authority)
District: Medway (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7376
Four figure Latitude: 51.45654451
Four figure longitude: 0.48868123
1:25K map: TQ7376
1:10K map: TQ77NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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