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Arrowhead from Doll Tor
Copyright Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust
Arrowhead from Doll Tor
Dimensions : Length 3.7cm, width 3cm.
Site name : Doll Tor
Site type : Burial site
Time period : Bronze Age
Material : Flint; Stone
Object type : Grave goods; Weapon
Museum number : 1981.1256
This fine example of a barbed and tanged arrowhead was found at Doll Tor stone circle. J. C. Heathcote and his son excavated here in the 1930s. The arrowhead was one of a number of objects not found with a burial.
The arrowhead may have been lost in antiquity. It could also have been disturbed by an earlier excavation. There was at least one known previous excavation of the circle. There may have been others which were not recorded. The arrowhead may have been moved from its original position at one of these times.
Bibliography :
Heathcote, J. P. , 1939
Related objects
Urn, bead, and arrowhead from Doll Tor
Barbed and tanged arrowheads from Stanton Moor
Five worked flints from Brown Edge
One of the axeheads from Liffs Low
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