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Find Spot record MDR1816 - Flint arrowhead, Abney Grange, Abney and Abney Grange

Type and Period (1)

  • (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

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  • None recorded

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SK 1927 7893: A leaf-shaped arrowhead was found on July 5 1955 by Mr W Redfearn of Edge Moor Farm, Abney Grange when pulling up turnips. Length 33mm, maximum width 17mm. It is in the possession of the finder. (1, 2) Mr. Redfearn has three arrowheads, all found about 1955; one, as described above, from approx. SK 1927 7893; a broken leaf-shaped example- precise findspot unknown, and a barbed and tanged arrowhead from approximately SK 1921 7858. (3)

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Correspondence: Preston, F L. 1956. Correspondence.
  • <2> Index: Preston, F L. 1956. Hunter Archaeological Society Index.
  • <3> Personal Observation: F1 FRH 19-JAN-66.
  • <4> Index: NDAT. 0001. 0001.
  • <5> Index: OS. SK 17 NE 9. SK 17 NE 9.

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Grid reference Centred SK 1927 7893 (10m by 10m) (Centre)
Civil Parish ABNEY AND ABNEY GRANGE, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Apr 21 2015 4:30PM

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