Record ID: CORN-2DEBE5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (c.2500-1500 BC). An equilateral triangular in plan, lenticular in profile and in section: length 21.2 mm, barb width 21 mm, thickness 4 mm and weight 1.35 g. The flint is fine textured and dark brown in colour. The arrowhead is made on a tertiary flake, with no cortex remaining. The lateral margins have been retouched by the removal of many small pressure flakes on both the dorsal and ventral surfaces, producing the sharp edges of the arrowhead. The proximal end has been altered by the removal …
Created on: Monday 18th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-3189E7
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint leaf-shaped arrowhead dating from the earlier Neolithic period. Made on a tertiary flake of pale grey flint, flecked with one large and many very small cream-coloured inclusions, probably derived from a local beach pebble. The remnant of the striking platform is visible at the proximal end, where it would have been hafted to the arrow shaft, with a very slight bulb of percussion barely visible on the ventral face. The margins of the ventral face have been retouched, abruptly at the lateral edges but more invasively at both ends. The retouch on the dorsal face is generally inva…
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
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Record ID: CORN-0A497D
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A later Neolithic petit tranchet arrowhead. The arrowhead is trapezoidal in plan and section and lenticular in profile and 24.5 mm in length, 21.5 mm in width, 5 mm in thickness and 2.9 g in weight. The arrowhead is made on the middle section of a blade from which both the proximal and distal ends have been snapped off. The conchoidal ripples on the ventral face of the original flake are visible, running at right angles to the main axis of the finished arrowhead. The broken distal and proximal ends of the dorsal face have been blunted with abrupt retouch. The pronounced medial ridge o…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: CORN-53F34C
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint broken leaf-shaped arrowhead dating from the Neolithic period. The tip is pointed but almost half of the opposite end is missing, which would have been attached or hafted to the arrow shaft, so was probably still attached when this was broken during hunting. The arrowhead is tear-shaped in plan with the point slightly waisted as it tapers to the distal end and the proximal end slightly angled as it curves around to the broken edge, suggesting it is a Type 3B, letter n in Green's 1980 classification illustrated in Bond (2004) on page 123, fig.5.107. Bifacially worked with fine re…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-53A46D
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Beaker period, from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (c.2500-1500 BC). The arrowhead is triangular in plan with curved sides and lenticular in both profile and section. It has low angle retouch on about half of both faces, with fine pressure-flaked retouch on all of the margins. Both barbs are pointed and the tang is wide and slightly longer than the barbs and gently rounded at the base, placing it within the Beaker barbed and tanged arrowhead group Sutton B, Type g, of Green's 1980 classification illustrated in Bond (2004) o…
Created on: Monday 17th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-CCD4F2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint transverse arrowhead, chisel type, triangular in plan, lozenge-shape in profile and in section. The distal end has had a 'tranchet' flake removed from the dorsal face to create a bevelled edge on this, the longest side of the triangle. This entire edge has then been retouched on the ventral face to make the edge more serrated. On the ventral face at the proximal end, there are three fractures emanating from the edge of the bulb of percussion where it has been snapped off. This proximal end is the base of the arrowhead, where it would have been hafted on to an arrow shaft. On the…
Created on: Friday 4th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Constantine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-CCC694
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete flint oblique arrowhead, missing its point, triangular in plan with a hollow base, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The point has been snapped off during use. The base with its slight barbs on either side would have been hafted on to the arrow shaft. There is invasive retouch on both the dorsal and ventral faces, and on all margins and there is damage at both the distal and proximal ends. The dark translucent grey colour suggests that it is not local beach flint but may be imported into the county from sites like Beer Head in Devon. The length to breadth ratio is …
Created on: Friday 4th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Constantine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-2144E2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint arrowhead, triangular in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with a layer of cortex still remaining on both faces from th edge of the barb to the point at the distal end. The arrowhead has a central tang, but thetwo barbs are stuntedand triangulated rather than actual barbs, as seen in more developed examples where the barbsextend to the end of the tang.These barbsare at right-angles to the tang and end at the point where the tang begins.The dorsal face has been invasively retouched throughout, from all margins to meet at the slight medial ridge, and the ventral face…
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th February 2015
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Record ID: CORN-EC62C3
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Flint oblique arrowhead, triangular in plan with a hollow base, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The base with its slight barbs on either side would have been hafted on to the arrow shaft. There is invasive retouch on both the dorsal and ventral faces, and on all margins and at the distal and proximal ends. The colour of the flint is a slightly translucent mottled grey-brown colour which suggests that it was probably derived from a local beach pebble. There is a cortical patch at the distal end, which is lighter grey in colour. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:2 which …
Created on: Monday 28th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Record ID: CORN-B0D1C3
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Flint oblique arrowhead, triangular in plan with a hollow base, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The base with its slight barbs on either side would have been hafted on to the arrow shaft. There is invasive retouch on both the dorsal and ventral faces, and on all margins and at the distal and proximal ends. The colour of the flint is a slightly translucent mottled orange-brown colour which suggests that it was probably derived from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:2 which is common for this type of oblique arrowhead. Bond (2004) illustrates a s…
Created on: Monday 7th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Record ID: CORN-1FF1A4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, broken and snapped into a kite-shape in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The dorsal and ventral faces are both retouched on the right and left margins, which meet to form a point. There is more invasive retouch on the right margin of each face, which may have aided in its ability to be more aero-dynamic. The base of the arrowhead might have been more rounded, but is now missing, and probably snapped off where it was originally attached to the arrow shaft. The arrowhead may have been used again, after it had broken, as one side appears to have b…
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 19th September 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A76CC2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete flint petit tranchet arrowhead, trapezoidal in plan, and slightly plano-convex in profile and section, but very thin. The arrowhead has been unifacially worked on the right and left margins of the dorsal face and there has been a large flake taken off the distal end to create a chisel-like edge. The proximal end has been snapped off, probably to make the arrowhead better for hafting, parallel to the chisel edge which is typical of petit tranchet arrowheads. The flint is a mottled brown to dark grey colour and was probably knapped from a local beach pebble. There is dark s…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 4th August 2011
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Record ID: CORN-CFE8A3
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, triangular in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The dorsal face has been retouched throughout and both margins are bifacially retouched to create a point at the distal end. The ventral face has only been retouched at the margins and retains a smooth surface with some gloss across the whole face showing evidence of use-wear. The proximal end, which would have been attached to the haft or arrow shaft, has been broken off and is now missing, most likely through use. The flint is very pale patinated with a blackened burnt patch at the…
Created on: Monday 6th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2011
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Record ID: CORN-CF6E87
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete leaf-shaped flint arrowhead, leaf-shaped in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The dorsal and ventral faces have both been retouched throughout and both margins are bifacially retouched to create a point at the distal end. The proximal end has been snapped above where the bulb of percussion would have been on the ventral face. Half of the left margin of the dorsal face is missing, having been snapped off in the past, perhaps through use. The flint is a translucent grey-brown colour with a lighter grey patch at the point end, and was likely derived from a sourc…
Created on: Monday 6th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-AE6948
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Flint oblique arrowhead, triangular in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with one of the apexes or points of the triangle extended to a considerable length to create a long narrowed barb. The arrowhead would have been hafted centrally to line up with the point and the haft tied to the barb as there appears to be wear on the indented edge of the left margin of the dorsal face, diagonally opposite the centre of the base margin, across the barb. The arrowhead has been bifacially retouched on two out of the three sides: the base margin and the right margin of the dorsal fac…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
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Record ID: CORN-595434
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint oblique arrowhead, triangular in plan, with the three apexes or points of the triangle at right angles to each other. The arrowhead has been bifacially retouched on two out of three sides: the base margin and the right margin of the dorsal face or the left margin of the ventral face. Flakes have also been taken off to flatten the arrowhead from the left margin of the dorsal face across to the medial ridge and across the ventral face. The flint is opaque and light brown in colour, and its length to breadth ratio is about 5:4. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar Brit…
Created on: Thursday 26th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2010
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Record ID: CORN-772703
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint laurel leaf-shaped arrowhead, ovate in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with traces of grinding and polishing on the medial ridge of the dorsal face. The arrowhead is bifacially retouched around the entire circumference of the piece, on all margins, including the proximal end where the curvature of the edge ends in a slight barb on the right margin of the ventral face. This end might have been reworked after the original tip of the arrowhead broke off, probably during use, in order to form a new point. The flint is an opaque light grey colour, which suggests th…
Created on: Sunday 9th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-AD13D8
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead that has been bifacially reworked or retouched on the entire edge of both the dorsal and ventral faces. The reworking extends further onto the ventral surface from the proximal end of the right margin of the arrowhead, over the remains of the bulb of percussion. A fracture on the dorsal face, running at right angles to the medial ridge, towards the proximal end obstructs working in this area. There is no cortex remaining on the flake and the flake would have been chosen particularly for an arrowhead as its medial ridge runs centrally, but at an angle, th…
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-4152A2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, arrow-shaped in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The two barbs are short and stunted and do not extend to the end of the tang, but instead are at right-angles to the tang and end at the point where the tang begins. The arrowhead is bifacially worked throughout and there are two notches, one half way along the left edge of the ventral face, and the other between that and the point. The flint is a dark grey colour, and may have come from Beer Head in Devon. The length to breadth ratio is 3:2. Bond illustrates a similar example on…
Created on: Sunday 24th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-093BC5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, retouched bifacially on both the dorsal and the ventral faces and on both the left and right mesial edges from the distal end, the point, to the proximal or butt end; the flint is translucent and grey-brown in colour; cortex remains on the left edge of the dorsal face and on the butt end of the arrowhead which would have been mounted onto an arrow shaft Neolithic
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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