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Barbed and tanged arrowheads from Stanton Moor
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Barbed and tanged arrowheads from Stanton Moor
Dimensions : Length 3.5-4.5cm.
Site name : Stanton Moor
Site type : Burial site; Ceremonial site
Time period : Bronze Age
Material : Flint; Stone
Object type : Grave goods; Weapon
Museum number : 1979.1080; 1979.1093; 1981.1256
These three examples of barbed and tanged arrowheads were all excavated by J. P. and J. C. Heathcote from sites on Stanton Moor. The barbed and tanged arrowhead is dated to the Bronze Age. It is the most developed form of the flint arrowhead. It was used before metal ones were developed.
Two of the arrowheads were found in cairns on the moor. We only know the excavation details of one of these. The third arrowhead was found at Doll Tor, a stone circle on the western side of the moor.
Bibliography :
Heathcote, J. P. , 1939
Related objects
Arrowhead from Doll Tor
Microliths from Deepcar
Selection of worked flint from Unstone
Five worked flints from Brown Edge
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