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Neolithic flint oblique arrowhead
An oblique arrowhead of black unpatinated flint. The arrowhead has a hollow base and a single barb. The flake has little retouch along one edge, the other is more heavily modified.
Flint oblique arrowhead, 3000-2500 BCE, from Ely Racecourse, Cardiff. 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
1894.81
Find Information
Site Name: Ely Racecourse, Ely
Grid Reference: ST 1472 7615
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1894
Acquisition
donation, 1894
Measurements
length / mm:34.4
width / mm:22.5
thickness / mm:3.8
weight / g:2.9
Material
Flint
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes
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