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Description: | A complete flint arrowhead of probable Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (c. 2500 BC - c. 1500 BC). Length 36.8mm, width 27.0mm and 5.7mm thick. Weight 5.21g.The implement is sub-triangular in plan and has been formed on a secondary flake. The ventral surface largely is largely flat but has characteristic ripples which have emanated from a percussion point which was situated a short distance beyond the base of the flake. The dorsal surface is partially covered with cortex of two colours, most being dark brown and the remaining part light brown. To the side of the cortex is an area occupied by a flake scar with ripples that also emanate from a percussion point which was somewhere beyond the base. At the base a smaller area has been retouched to make a crude tang although one edge of the tang is formed by an old oblique break, possibly deliberately broken. The edges have been finely retouched to achieve the desired shape. However, a small part of one edge on the dorsal surface, close to the point, is formed by a hinge fracture.This arrowhead is in good condition and except for the cortex is a mottled grey/creamy colour.The implement cannot be accurately classified using Green's arrowhead typology (Green 1984, 19-39).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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