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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: WMID-9BE024
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead (length: 21.9mm; width: 16mm; thickness: 5mm; weight: 1.09g), dating to the Bronze Age between c2200-900 BC. The arrowhead has been extensively re-touched on the surface, particularly along the edges.
The high density areas of barbed and tanged arrowheads are virtually identical to the earlier leaf arrowheads, including areas around Norfolk, the North East coast and around the south west and Oxfordshire. This arrowhead cannot be closely matched to those classified by Green (1980).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2200 BC
Date to: 900 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.9 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 1.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dudley (Metropolitan District)
District: Dudley (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Cradley and Wollescote (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9383
Four figure Latitude: 52.44491793
Four figure longitude: -2.10441408
1:25K map: SO9383
1:10K map: SO98SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green, H.S. | 1980 | The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles | Oxford | BAR British Series 75 | page 117 |
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