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Neolithic flint leaf shaped arrowhead
A simple leaf-shaped arrowhead made ona flake with a white patination. The flake has only been worked on one face and the face that is flaked has marginal working on it. It has an ogival shape.
Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, 4000-3000 BCE, from Merthyr Mawr, south-east Wales. 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
01.367/5
Find Information
Site Name: Merthyr Mawr Warren, Bridgend
Collection Method: surface find
Notes: Item found in the general area of the coordinates stated
Acquisition
Donation, 1901
Measurements
length / mm:32.3
width / mm:20.0
thickness / mm:2.2
weight / g:1.4
Material
flint
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes
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