- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Possibble arrow-head? A broad triangular shaped with bifacial retouch on two edges. [MN 24/11/2008]
- Long description
- Possibble arrow-head? A broad triangular shaped with bifacial retouch on two edges. Type uncertain. The flint is a light greyish white with a moderate amount of patina. [MN 24/11/2008]
- Geographical reference
- England Oxfordshire Stonesfield
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Alexander James Montgomerie Bell
- PRM source Archibald Colquhoun Bell
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Bronze Age, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
- Date collected
- By 1920
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1920
- Materials and processes
- Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 4 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 40 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.91.404.102
- Research and responses
Stonesfield is a village in the district of West Oxfordshire [grid ref SP 395 175]. The exact find spot for flint tools 1921.91.404 .1 - 1921.91.404 .137 is unknown. [MN 26/11/2008]
It is believed that the flint tools from the collection purchased off Archibald Colquhoun Bell in 1920 are recorded on the Oxfordshire Historic Environment Record [HER] under PRN 5602. [MN 17/11/2008]. [MN 26/11/2008]
Further collections of archaeological material from Stonesfield are held by the museum, these are:
Henry Balfour: 1890.17.2 [iron arrow-head], 1915.37.32 - 1915.37.41 [lithic tools]
Raymond Wilson: 1908.57.19 and 1910.72.10 - 1910.72.12 [lithic tools]. [MN 26/11/2008]
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see Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum by Simon Thorpe, this is an unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996 [copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe].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 26/11/2008]
Search terms: Tool, Archery Weapon, Flake, Arrow-head
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