Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Edison, Mr. H. - private (1980), Tithe Bam, Old Church Lane, Stanmore Village, Middlesex, HA7 2QU,ex-Geary, Miss D.I. - private (1979), Kenwith, Hendra Vean, Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall,previously owned by Mr. F.W. Geary (father) who died 1939, and retired from Secretaryshir to Thames Conservancy Board 1937-8, on which occasion the spearhead was presented to him.
Site: England, ?surrey,staines,thought to have been found in the staines area (df), and probably from the thames by inference (thames conservancy connection); found prior to 1937
Discovery context: river
Parish: Staines
County: Surrey
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 03? 71
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 145
Width (mm): 22
Edge (mm): 33
Weight (g): 83
Surface: Fine dark brown shiny p.; little deterioration to dull green or dull gold-brown surs. - esp. where p. flaking at edges.
Other: Archive: PIF,PRBAF: DF (C); SI,Ext.: CI,Rec. SN Aug. 79,Source Sb. A.,Sub. Inf.: Geary - 22 May 79
Associations: 9. Undocumented
Description: Dimensions: L 145mm; max E W bl. 32.6mm; W at loops 21.7mm; Wm 19.7mm; Bm 20mm; max B lp 6.5mm; DS 67 (+); Wt 83.4 g,Typology: loz. lp. plates with slightly rounded angles; plate sur. virt. flat; round socket changing to strong loz. section midrib with rounded crest; bl. wings virt. flat inside e. bev.; band recessed around mouth of socket,Manufacture: v. good concave e. bev.; sl. traces of cg. fl. between lps. and bl.; some fine striations aligned around loops may be orig. grmks; group of small pmks at base of midrib to one side,Condition: virt. complete; part of one bl. wing little chipped, other one with long fracture par. and close to edge; scoremarks along bl. seem to destroy p.,Attached Material: socket blocked at end - poss. wooden shaft tip; chalky deposit under loop plates; scattered white speckles of ?paint.
Remarks: Labels/Markings: Brown and loose label "Bronze spearhead - end of middle Bronze Age, 1200 B.C."