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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: LIN-76C8B3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age flint arrowhead. The arrowhead is made of a white/opaque flint and has been worked all over. This arrowhead is symmetrical and sub-triangular in plan, and pointed-oval in cross-section It has a long tang but no barbs.
Class: Tanged
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2000 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th April 2016 - Monday 4th April 2016
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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: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Heighington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0569
Four figure Latitude: 53.20770643
Four figure longitude: -0.4293063
1:25K map: TF0569
1:10K map: TF06NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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