Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead

With convex sides and pointed barbs much shorter than the tang

Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, 2500-1750 BCE, from West Cwmparc, Rhondda Valley. Pieces of bone or antler were used to press thin flakes from the edge of a piece of flint.

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Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

68.189/20

Find Information

Site Name: West Cwmparc, Ystradyfodwg

Acquisition

donation, 6/6/1968

Measurements

maximum length / mm:24.0
length / mm
maximum width / mm:17.0
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:4.0
thickness / mm
weight / g:1.5
length / mm:2.5 (of barb)
length / mm:5.0 (of tang)

Material

Flint

Location

location verified by SI

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