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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
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes
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