Object: Spearhead
Classification: II
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Lieut. Colonel John Jardine, Clumber Crescent South, The Park, Nottingham (1927),Given in 1927 to the Castle Museum, Nottingham, 27-82.
Site: England,Nottinghamshire,Colwick,Dredged from bed of River Trent, 1926.
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Colwick
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1926
Length (mm): 196
Width (mm): 28
Thickness (mm): 12
Weight (g): 219
Patina: Dark olive.
Other: Width: base of blade 32mm; socket, broken spread 28mm,Weight: 218.7 gms
Description: Point missing. Bead down rounded midrib. Socket split and expanded, part missing. Incised bands and dot ornament.
Remarks: A flat celt and a socket celt in same collection, and a large spear-head: Nottingham Art Museum, were also taken from bed of R. Trent at Colwick.