Record ID: SOM-13B014
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (c. 2700 BC - c.1600 BC). The arrowhead is bifacially worked and sub-triangular in plan with slightly convex sides and a small chip at the point. There are two round ended notches in the base, flanking the central tang with a barb at either side. The tang is wider and longer than the barbs and has a rounded end. One barb has lost it's tip, the other is complete with angled ends coming to a point at the base (obliquely shaped). The arrowhead has semi-invasive semi-abrupt parallel retouch down b…
Created on: Tuesday 24th March 2015
Last updated: Saturday 25th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clyst St. George', grid reference and parish protected.