b'rural population, little affected by Romanisation, mightTeeth & jawnot have changed much over that period.These two photographs, taken by Stephen Elliot, show the nature of the crouched burial, with the foot bones of the skeleton (arrowed, above) and the upper body and the head (arrowed, below). Foot bonesA Striking FindCourtesy of Dick SeftonO ne morning in July 2010 we received an excitedAfter an exchange of emails an expert in such phone call from Andrew Sefton to say we shouldfinds identified it as a mediaeval arrowhead of a multi-go up to his brother Dick Seftons house because anpurpose type that could have been used for hunting arrowhead had been found there. between the 11th and 14th Centuries. It is classified Not quite knowing what to expect we didnt delay.as a socketed type where the wooden shaft of the Once at Dicks we spoke to the workmen first whoarrow would have been inserted into the socket had dug a trench to replace a heating oil pipe. One ofrunning from the base of the head itself.the workmen was proud to tell us that he had foundAn explanatory publication about such arrowheads an arrowhead which Dick then showed us. It hadthat accompanied an email provided a typology which come out of the ground in good condition so it lookedshows a form of arrowhead very similar to the one of bronze construction rather than anything ferrousfound.which would have corroded. The arrowhead is in Andrew Seftons possession. Dick explained that a photograph was receivingIt is tempting to surmise that it was intended for specialist archaeological attention as a result ofuse in the hunting of the deer that would have roamed Andrew suggesting that Peter Halkon be contactedthe Archbishop of Yorks Deer Park. with whom he had had dealings in the past.BULLETIN 20 413'