Record ID: NCL-253FE4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint arrowhead of the Neolithic. The arrowhead is completely knapped, with no natural surfaces of the flint. The blade is leaf-shaped with a trapezoidal tang. The tang was originally longer, but the tip has broken off, leaving a relatively fresh break with little abrading. The abraded edges of the arrowhead were pressure flaked.
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-524664
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint arrowhead of the Neolithic. The arrowhead is triangular in plan with a subsquare tang. The shoulders are roughly perpindicular to the tang. The tip is broken, but otherwise the arrowhead is undamaged. In profile, the arrowhead is pointed-oval-shaped, and thickest in its centre. The edges are somewhat abraded.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-3605F2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead of the Bronze Age. The arrowhead is triangular in shape with barbs and a tang. The barbs are squarish as is the tang. The width across the shoulders of the barbs is 30.52mm. The length from tip to tang end is 39.23mm. The body of the arrowhead is 5.09mm in thickness. The tang is 8.8mm thick and the barbs are 6.75mm thick. The edge shows very regular pressure flaking, and the arrowhead is in excellent condition as well as being made of a good quality flint.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-97E18B
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint arrowhead of the barbed and tang type, dating from the later Neolithic to early Bronze Age. (BC2700-1000). Probably a Beaker Type, 'Sutton b' (See: Green 1980, Fig 45h). The arrrowhead is sub triangular in shape with slightly convex sidesone barb is incomplete.Both faces have been worked with covering, scaled and low-angle retouch.One surface is more convex due to the working of the flint.The core of the flint is of a dark grey colouring with some almost white patches. This was a surface find Dimensions: Length: 8.2 mm; Width: 9.27 mm…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ferryhill area', grid reference and parish protected.