Object: Socketed Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Dorchester Museum, No. 1934.12.4,Loan from the late Herbert Weld, F.S.A.,Formerly at Lulsworth Castle, Dorset
Site: England,Dorset,Winfrith Newburgh,In coombe-bottom below Sleight Buildingd (or Randall's Farm), 1 3/4 m. S. of Winfrith.,Exact site lost.,1903
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Winfrith Newburgh
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: SY 80 82
Year of discovery: 1903
Length (mm): 114
Width (mm): 40
Patina: Dark to golden brown.
Surface: Smooth
Composition: Bronze
Associations: Other objects from hoard, See Ant. Jour. (supra); 1b. Hoard
Description: Point and part of the blade only remain. One side of the midrib is faultily cast, is thin, and slightly crushed in. Blade slightly bent.
Publications: Proceedings Dorset Field Club, XXV, xxxiii,Antiquaries Journal, XV, 449, fl. Pl LXIX, fig. 14
Remarks: Part of the "Lulworth Hoard",PI; CI; SI; AFI; DF(C)