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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-B8E3D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead, measuring Length 25mm, width 12mm, thickness 3mm, weight 1.01grams. The object is 'leaf shaped' oval in form with one pointed end, and has a slightly plano convex cross section. It is bifacially worked with a small patch of orginal surface on one face and a larger patch on the other which has patches of re-cortication. There are a series of long removals in the centre of the more worked face and each long edge on both sides has fine removals along its length.
The object is similar to WILT-92CA47 which has also been dated to the early Neolithic.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 1.01 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Kirby Bellars (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7217
Four figure Latitude: 52.74583659
Four figure longitude: -0.93484752
1:25K map: SK7217
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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