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Description: | Barbed and tanged flint arrowhead of Early - Mid Bronze Age date (2150-1150BC). The arrowhead is triangular in plan with two notches in the base creating barbs each side and a central tang. The barbs are uneven, one 4.4mm wide, one 7.8mm wide and end in straight breaks that are probably not original as on complete arrowheads the barbs are usually as long as the tang rather than much shorter as here. The loss of the end of the barbs makes it difficult to securely assign the arrowhead to a formal type but it is probably a Green Low or Conygar Hill type. The tang is 4.8mm wide by 7.2mm long and appears complete. The arrowhead is a tertiary flake with shallow, invasive retouch created by pressure falking covering the entire surface. The striking platform and bulb of percussion have been completely removed. It is made of a good quality translucent flint that has been stained bright orange by iron in the soil where it was deposited. There is one small flaw in the flint, an original pit near one edge halfway up one side. It is 36.6mm long, 22.4mm wide, 4.6mm thick and weighs 2.75 grams.
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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