Monument record FSF 031 - Find spot of a Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead

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Summary

Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead found 23/4/1989 by 8 year old Rafe Shepherd (S1).

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 296 781 (101m by 100m)
Map sheet	TM27NE
Civil Parish	FRESSINGFIELD, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead found 23/4/1989 by 8 year old Rafe Shepherd (S1). Arrowhead 4.2 cms long with broken tip and one barb, brownish flint with light milky patination. It has serrated sides and squared off end to the barb. Belongs to the `Conygar Hill' type of `fancy' arrowheads (S2).

Sources/Archives (3)

<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: drawing.
<S1> SSF7262 (No record type): Hardy M J, 1989.
<S2> SSF7106 (No record type): Green H S, The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles, BAR 75, 1980, 51,53,123.

Finds (1)

FSF6867: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 25 2013 3:15PM