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1905.75.1.44

Barbed and tanged arrow-head. Both barbs are broken. [MN 23/10/2008]

1905.75.1.44

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Collection type
Object
Description
Barbed and tanged arrow-head. Both barbs are broken. [MN 23/10/2008]
Long description
Barbed and tanged arrow-head. Both barbs are broken. The flint has a heavy greyish white patina on all surfaces and limited areas of reddish orange iron staining. [MN 23/10/2008]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire Crowmarsh Mongewell
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Carter
Field collector T.J. Carter
Field collector Thomas James Carter
PRM source Carter
PRM source Thomas James Carter
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Late Neolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Early Bronze Age, uncertain
Date collected
Before 1905
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1905
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Thick: max 3 mm, Width: max 13 mm, Length: max 22 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1905.75.1.44
Research and responses

http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/ecodev/VillageDetails.jsp?Name=Mongewell Mongewell [please note that this link was found to be dead, MN 27/10/2008]: This small village grew up at the site of a spring and its name means 'Munda's stream'. For centuries it was an estate village, centred on Mongewell Park, which since 1953 has been the home of Carmel College (now closed). In the college grounds a path leads to the ruined church beside the river where only the chancel and polygonal bell turret remain standing.

The site of Grim's Ditch a linear prehistoric earthwork [which passes by Mongewell] is recorded in the Oxfordshire Historic Environment Record [HER] under PRN 8900. The site is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument [monument number OX32]. [MN 23/10/2008]

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etc., see Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum, by Simon Thorpe (unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996; copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe). [MN 23/10/2008]

Associated publications
See 'Manning, P and Leeds, E. T. 1921. An archaeological survey of Oxfordshire. Archaeologia 71: 227-265'. Copy in RDF: Researchers File: Manning. [MN 23/10/2008]

Search terms: Tool, Archery Weapon, Arrow-head

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