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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SUR-77F69E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete barbed and tanged arrowhead made from brown flint, 25.2mm in length and 17.4mm wide. One partial barb, a portion of the tang and most of the tip remains. An indentation or slight notch on one side between the barb and point appears to be an original feature. Early Bronze Age.
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: 25.2 mm
Width: 17.4 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 1.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 5th April 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Reigate and Banstead (District)
Parish or ward: Reigate Central (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2448
Four figure Latitude: 51.21774308
Four figure longitude: -0.22590307
1:25K map: TQ2448
1:10K map: TQ24NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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