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MISCELLANEA A MEDIEVAL ARROWHEAD FROM NEWTOWN, POWYS Excavations by the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust in 1980 on the site of a former ironworks/printing works on the corner of Skinner's Street/Old Church Street, Newtown, produced evidence of medieval occupation, including a number of hearths. Medieval pottery and a glazed floor tile found during the excavations are reported on elsewhere (Jones 1988). The only identifiable piece of medieval ironwork was a socketed arrowhead with a broad, flat blade, and a marked shoulder (fig. 1); this is comparable to the London Museum's Medieval Catalogue Type 2 (PI XV, no 2; 66, fig. 16; 69, fig. 17, no 2). This is a pre-conquest form which continued in use into, but not beyond, the 13th century. A similar arrowhead was recovered from the medieval village at Barry, South Glamorgan (Thomas and Dowdell 1987, fig. 13, no. 4), from a 12th to mid 13th century context. The Newtown arrowhead came from a disturbed layer of garden soil. Jones, N.W. 1988. Medieval pottery and glazed floor tile from Newtown, Powys, 1979-80, Medieval and Later Pottery in Wales, 10, 1-8. London Museum, 1940. Medieval Catalogue. Thomas, H.J. and Dowdell, G., 1987. A shrunken Medieval village at Barry, Glamorgan, Archaeol. Cambrensis, 136, 94-137. Fig. 1 Medieval arrowhead from 1980 excavations in Newtown. Scale 1: 1 Nigel Jones