Arrowhead
Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe, 10th Baronet (1846 - 1924)
Category
Archaeological material
Date
2000 BC - 600 BC
Materials
flint
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 289988
Summary
Piece of arrow head/flint, labelled 'bit of arrow head or flint chipping found on rocks by V.H. Crewe near ? Cottage in Stafford Moors 1912'. Note: The label has not been found. This object has been wrongly identified as it is a knife. A flintplanoconvex knife, late Neolithic to early bronze-age. Probably a working tool - as outside crust of flint has not been removed.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF
Marks and inscriptions
bit of arrow head or flint chipping found on rocks by V.H. Crewe near ? Cottage in Stafford Moors 1912 (labelled)
Makers and roles
Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe, 10th Baronet (1846 - 1924), collector