Iron arrow-head. [SM 21/01/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron arrow-head. [SM 21/01/2008]
Long description: Arrow head with wide, triangular head, curved shoulders and an expanded socket. The socket has the remains of the wooden shank inside. [SM 21/01/2008]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Greater London River Thames "above Waterloo Bridge"
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Medieval
Date collected: By 1866
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Cast, Process Socketed
Dimensions: Thick: max 8 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 79 mm, Weight 12 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.120.71 PR Cat other PR nos: 1551 PR Cat other PR nos: ? 2358
Research and responses: The label in the primary documentation refers to "now (1866)", suggesting it was written in 1866. I have therefore updated the 'when collected' field to 'by 1866', rather then 'by 1874'. [Dan Hicks 14/08/2013]

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