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Description: | A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Early Bronze Age, about 2400 BC - 1000 BC. The flint is a semi-translucent warm light grey colour and is not patinated. It is triangular in plan, with two square notches chipped into the base to form the tang and barbs. One barb has broken off and is missing, as is the tip of the arrowhead. The complete barb is short and has a square terminal. The tang is wide with a square, almost concave, end.The arrowheadis a pointed oval in section. The tertiary flake is bifacially worked with covering, scaled, low angle retouch. It is 29.5mm long, 19.1mm wide and 4.4mm thick. 2g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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