Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: (1938),F. Haid Esq.
Site: England,Nottinhamshire,Clifton,Clifton Grove, dredged up from R. Trent gravel at depth of 10 feet,1937
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Clifton
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1937
Length (mm): 154
Width (mm): 26
Thickness (mm): 16
Weight (g): 54
Patina: Smooth brown, with a greenish patina below, exposed by scratches on wings of blade.
Surface: generally smooth, pitted on ridge of mid-rib.
Description: Plain leaf-shaped head without ribs on wings: tip of point broken off. The centre of one edge is turned over, otherwise condition good. Lone socket made of very thin metal (less than 0.5mm thick). Two regular rivet holes near haft: 35mm up from base is a dent on each side of socket. Small pieces of wooden shaft still in socket.