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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SWYOR-410B13
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint leaf arrowhead of Neolithic date, about 4000 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed on mottled grey flint. It is lancolate, lozenge shaped in plan with a notch of damage in one side. Both sides are worked with scaled, low-angle, covering retouch. It is 36.8mm long, 17.5mm wide and 3.9mm thick. 2g.
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 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.8 mm
Width: 17.5 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2001 - Sunday 30th September 2001
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3371
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Heptonstall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9232
Four figure Latitude: 53.78426068
Four figure longitude: -2.12289524
1:25K map: SD9232
1:10K map: SD93SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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