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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SUR-54CB57
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Barbed and tanged flint arrowhead made from orange-brown flint, 22.1mm in length and 18mm wide. Shouldered point with squared tang and oblique barb. One barb remains, the other has broken off. Early Bronze Age, Sutton type (Butler, 2005: 165).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.1 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Charlwood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2242
Four figure Latitude: 51.1642469
Four figure longitude: -0.25656181
1:25K map: TQ2242
1:10K map: TQ24SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press |
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