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Arrowhead from Doll Tor
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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
J. C. Heathcote and J. P. Heathcote excavated at Doll Tor between 1930 and 1933. They explored the circle itself and a cairn lying to the east. A series of burials were found, all dating to the Bronze Age.
The arrowhead was found just outside the circle itself. It lay close to one of the six standing stones recorded by the Heathcotes. This stone, numbered 4 by the excavators, is on the southern side of the circle. At its foot, inside the circle, was a burial. This contained a deposit of charcoal, which was the remains of a cremation. It was not possible to identify the age or sex of the burial from the little that remained.
The arrowhead may simply have been dropped in antiquity. However, it is such a finely made example that it is difficult to believe its owner would have been so careless. We know that Thomas Bateman dug in the centre of the circle in 1852. The Heathcotes' excavations found a disturbed central area which is probably the site of this work. The arrowhead may have been disturbed by this, or by other unrecorded excavations of the site. It has lost its original position or context.
Bibliography :
Heathcote, J. P. , 1939
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