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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: PUBLIC-E83AEE
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
A barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. Part of the tang, the tips of the barbs and the projectile point tip are missing. The flint is opaque and dark mottled grey with a mid-gloss patina and some areas of milky repatination. Bifacially worked with covering, scaled and parallel low angle retouch to both faces.
Date: Early to Middle Bronze Age 2350 BC to 1000 BC
Dimensions: 24mm x 18.5mm x 4.5mm.
Weight: 1.7g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2015 - Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 161
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Donhead St.Mary
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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