Object: Spearhead
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Merredew, Mr. T. - private,25 Dartmouth House, Elmwood Road, W. Croydon, CRO 2SL
Site: England, surrey,woldingham,south hawke woods,discovered by mr. tony merredew, 25 dartmouth house, elmwood road, west croydon, cr0 2sl, on 11 may 80 whilst metal-detecting along with the main footpath leading from the car park in south hawke woods; item located under a tree root at approx. 5" depth; mr. merredew is a member of west kent detector club (df); spot marked on returned map at tq 373 543 is a little north of south hawke woods at c. tq 373 540
Discovery context: woodland
Parish: Woldingham
County: Surrey
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 373 543
Year of discovery: 1980
Length (mm): 84
Weight (g): 33
Surface: Light olive green p. surface - prob. thin patina, parts flaked to light green dusty sur. or cleaned to brown/gold metal.
Associations: 8a. Single Find
Description: Dimensions: EL 83.5mm; EDs 66mm; Wt. 33.1 g,Typology: blade wing v. slight ogival outline; mid-rib semi-circular,Manufacture: neat e. bev. following outline - hollowed; s. end may have been little off centre leaving one side rather thin metal,Condition: all breaks look ancient; most intact bl. wing this also bent up a little, has a smoothed rounded 'break' at base which is patinated - either miscast or reworked in antiquity? striations along blade prob. assoc. with mod. cleaning, also small area rubbed to brown/gold.,Attached Material: Chalky fawn soil coat in socket.
Remarks: Archive: PIF,PRBAF: DF (S); SI,Ext. CI,rec. SN July 80,Source: Sb. A,Sub. Inf. K. Peters (Kent Arch Soc.), 6 June 80