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286 and 287 arrowhead.JPG
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2004-11-29 14:26:12
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286 and 287 arrowhead.JPG
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English: Leaf-shaped arrowhead 
Neolithic 

Length 20.5mm, width 18mm, thickness 4.5mm 



The end where the shaft of the arrow would be attached is flat where the butt was snapped off.  The ventral has a single flaking scar on its surface, the dorsal is flat with no flaking scars, flaking scars on the blades that run down both sides which were finished buy using opposing pressure flaking. The sides slope inwards from an expanded waist a quarter of the way up from the butt.
Creamy white patina with light grey patch in the centre.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date NEOLITHIC
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FindID: 78383
Old ref: GLO-3DBBF3
Filename: 286 and 287 arrowhead.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/44332
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/44332/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/78383
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