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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: BERK-3E48B6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A iron arrowhead of medieval date. The arrowhead has a long, slender and tapering tang, a triat usually seen in European arrowheads, unlike the English arrowheads which were usually socketed. The head is broadly leaf-shaped but has suffered some damaged around the shoulders and to the tip. Although it was usually barbed arrowheads that were used for hunting, this type too wouls also result in the desired effect and as the tang was firmly fixed into the arrow shaft it could be removed from the prey and reused. The find location of this arrowhead and three others found nearby (see BERK-3E1305) suggests these were used for hunting; Snelsmore Common became such in the medieval period. General 'high' medieval date of .c 1200-1450 AD.
The head of this arrowhead measures 32mm long x 15.7mm wide x 2.6mm wide. The tangs measures 103.2mm long and has a roughly square cross section measuring at the most 4.5mm thick. The arrowhead weighs 9.3 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Length: 1335.2 mm
Weight: 9.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1970 - Wednesday 31st December 1980
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2015.219
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chieveley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4570
Four figure Latitude: 51.42722716
Four figure longitude: -1.35413973
1:25K map: SU4570
1:10K map: SU47SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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