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ARROWHEAD

Unique ID: LEIC-D12E1B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Neolithic flint oblique arrowhead.

Made on a broken tertiary flint flake, mid-grey opaque patina. Butt on bottom right corner. Entire left edge is a hinge termination, truncated right straight edge. Base notched for hafting.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 6.6 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Eaton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7627
Four figure Latitude: 52.83516736
Four figure longitude: -0.87328523
1:25K map: SK7627
1:10K map: SK72NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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