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Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead
Of ogival type, with drooping barbs (one broken off), exceeding the tang in length. Finely finished
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
68.229
Find Information
Site Name: Blaen Cwm gwarin, Plynlimon Fawr
Date: 1967
Notes: found with several other arrowheads, said to have been about a dozen in number, in a small area at the base of blanket peat on the ridge connecting Pen Plynlimon Fawr with Pen Plynlimon Arwystli, south of Cwm-gwarin near the source of the River Wye. One of the arrowheads, of a similar type to this, is under 68.231; the remainder are in private hands.
Measurements
maximum length / mm:38.5
length / mm
length / mm:12.0 (of barb)
length / mm:9.0 (of tang)
width / mm:18.5 (incomplete)
maximum thickness / mm:4.5
thickness / mm
weight / g:2.0
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