Five flint and chert arrowheads

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These five flint and chert arrowheads were found in Kincardineshire (two examples), at Orford in Aberdeenshire, at Nairn in Highland and at Leadhills in Lanarkshire. They are fancy arrowheads, perhaps used for sport hunting sometime between 2500 and 900 BC.

The arrowheads are particularly well made. They have barbs, to help them stick in their prey, and tangs, to attach them to their wooden arrowshafts.

Around 2500 BC, a new archery kit was adopted in Scotland from continental Europe. The kit included a new type of arrowhead, barbed and tanged. These examples are particularly well made and are fancy versions of the normal type, made for show.

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• Online ID: 000-100-032-412-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.AD 2361
• Date: Between 2500 and 900 BC
  Bronze Age
  Bronze Age
  Bronze Age
  Bronze Age
  Bronze Age
  
• Material: Chert, white; barbed and tanged; finely serrated edge
  Flint, specked pale grey; pointed tang, shorter oblique-ended barbs; finely serrated edges
  Flint, very fine; barbed and stemmed; serrated
  Flint; barbed and stemmed
  Flint; barbed and stemmed
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  
• Dimensions: 1.40" L
  2.30" x 1.20"
  
• What: Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  
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• Where: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Orford
  Scotland, Kincardineshire
  Scotland, Kincardineshire
  Scotland, Lanarkshire, Leadhills
  Scotland, Nairnshire, Nairn (52 Merryton Crescent)
  
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• Description: Bronze Age 'fancy' barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, from Kincardineshire
  Bronze Age 'fancy' barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, from Kincardineshire
  Bronze Age 'fancy' barbed and tanged flint arrowhead with serrated edges, from Orford, Aberdeenshire
  Bronze Age 'fancy' barbed and tanged arrowhead of speckled pale grey flint with finely serrated edges, from Nairn
  Bronze Age 'fancy' barbed and tanged arrowhead of white chert with finely serrated edge, from Leadhills, Lanarkshire
  
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