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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SWYOR-7857C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint leaf shaped arrowhead of Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date, about 4000 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on a light grey flint which is patinated to white. It is pear-shaped and has a deep curved groove on one face. It is bifacially worked with invasive retouch which is scaled and low-angle. One face is much browner than the other. The flint is also crazed, suggesting it has been burnt. This may have also caused the discolouration. The arrowhead is 40.2mm long, 24.8mm wide and 4.1mm thick. 3.24g.
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: 40.2 mm
Width: 24.8 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 3.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st June 2007 - Wednesday 20th June 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2559
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: Derbyshire Dales (District)
Parish or ward: Baslow and Bubnell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK2772
Four figure Latitude: 53.2443402
Four figure longitude: -1.59685942
1:25K map: SK2772
1:10K map: SK27SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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