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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-697DC6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic? flint leaf shaped arrowhead, 29mm in length, 17mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 1.57grams. The object has a pointed ovoid form and is heavily re-corticated. It has shallow regular removals and fine re-touch along its edges.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 23351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.57 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: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Burton on the Wolds (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6021
Four figure Latitude: 52.78325296
Four figure longitude: -1.11185616
1:25K map: SK6021
1:10K map: SK62SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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