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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-72CED9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic (Later) to Bronze Age (Early) barbed-and-tanged arrowhead, 2700 BC to 1501 BC. 18mm long, 19mm wide, 4mm thick and 1.2g in weight. Made on a light brown translucent flint that has turned an almost dark opaque grey through patination. Made by pressure flaking, the piece is invasively retouched and is broken with only one barb remaining. This is likely to be of Conygar Hill Type.
Class: Conygar Hill type
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 1501 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.2 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: Scalford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7625
Four figure Latitude: 52.81719198
Four figure longitude: -0.87375008
1:25K map: SK7625
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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