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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: WILT-34B6C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete flint late Neolithic to early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the period c. 2700 - 1600 BC. The arrowhead is sub-triangular in shape with convex sides and one intact rounded barb. The other barb is missing due to an old break. The tang is longer than the surviving barb and is oblique. The arrowhead exhibits invasive and semi-invasive semi-abrput parallel retouch around the edges of both the dorsal and ventral surfaces. There is an unretouched area in the centre of both sides.
It measures 21.05mm in length, 13.55mm maximum width, is 2.45mm thick and weighs 0.78 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.05 mm
Width: 13.55 mm
Thickness: 2.45 mm
Weight: 0.78 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 2016-76
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
District: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chiseldon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1780
Four figure Latitude: 51.5186675
Four figure longitude: -1.75638784
1:25K map: SU1780
1:10K map: SU18SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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