Object: Spearhead
Classification: V B
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,C. H. Grinling Esq.; 17 Rectory Place, Woolwich Se 18 (1920),Obtained from Joseph Fels Esq. owner of Basildon Farm
Site: England,Essex,Billericay,Basildon Farm,1909
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Billericay
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1909
Length (mm): 79
Edge (mm): 35
Thickness (mm): 12
Weight (g): 46
Patina: Polished green and bluish green.
Surface: Smooth. Cracked right down middle of blade. Slightly encrusted on both sides. Socket full of some earth on blade. Light coloured earth.
Other: Thickness: blade 12mm; 4mm,Weight: 46.06 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard consisting of 9 s. celts, a spearhead, 2 gouges, portion of a knife, etc. and a socketed celt and an equal weight of rough ore now in the Museum of the Royal Academy of Literature, History and Antiquiries, Stockholm.