Record ID: HESH-5ACDF4
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lilly Chitty Collection An Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead (2,500 to 1,500 BC), light grey in colour. This piece is sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectilinear in section. A comparatively coarsely-made piece to the other of these 10 (of which this is the last, with the number "10" written in biro on the ventral face), this piece is probably of the Beaker period, spanning the first few centuries of the Bronze Age. The one edge has been ripple-flaked quite neatly, whereas the other has not been - this could have been a utilised flake. The better-worked edge has a neate…
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Llan', grid reference and parish protected.