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1908.57.9

Stone arrow-head

1908.57.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone arrow-head
Long description
Tanged arrow-head with bifacial retouch on the edges, this does not extend across the faces. The tang is squared. The flint has a well developed white patina on all surfaces with slight orangish iron staining. [MN 01/12/2008]
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Raymond Wilson
PRM source Raymond Wilson
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Early Bronze Age
Date collected
By 1908
Acquisition information
Exchanged: 1908
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Length: max 26 mm, Width: max 14 mm, Thick: max 5 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.57.9
Research and responses

Fawler is a small hamlet approximately 2km South East of Charlbury located in the district of West Oxfordshire and the parish of Fawler [grid ref SP 371 170]. The exact find spot for flint tools 1908.57.9 - 1908.57.19 is unknown. [MN 01/12/2008]

The National Monuments Record [maintained by English Heritage] holds a record which possibly refers to this object. This is accessible online through the Archaeology Data Service web site [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk]. The ADS Record ID is: NMR_NATINV-334640, the National Monuments Record ID is: SP 31 NE 50. [MN 01/12/2008]

For general information on the Museum's collections of Oxfordshire archaeological material including lists of sites, grid references etc see Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum by Simon Thorpe, this is an unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996 [copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe]. [MN 01/12/2008]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Arrow-head