Object: Spearhead
Classification: V A
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Purchased by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, April 1919,1919.6
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Wilburton,In fenland owned by Mr. Oliver Claude Pell,1882
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Wilburton
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 168
Edge (mm): 37
Thickness (mm): 19
Weight (g): 99
Patina: Dusty brown patina with much copper showing through.
Surface: Fused and bent. Slightly corroded all over.
Other: Length: 167.5mm
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard
Description: Conical socket and a ridge running parallel to blade. Base of socket quite gone. Too squashed for internal section, or socket length.
Publications: Archaeologia, XLVIII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919