Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1926,4,Lord Forester,Willey Park,Broseley, Salop
Site: England,Shropshire,Little Wenlock,Willow Moor,1834 (Spring),(in a marshy field)
Parish: Little Wenlock
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SJ 640 083
Year of discovery: 1834
Length (mm): 126
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 36
Thickness (mm): 15
Weight (g): 103
Patina: Dull grey-brown, reddened in parts. Purplish patches on lip and broken edges. Rusty stains.
Other: Width: blade 36mm; socket 24mm,Thickness: blade 15mm; socket 25mm,Weight: nearly 102.76 gms
Associations: Hoard S E of Wrekin, part of a sword, + 5 spearheads (part of the hoard).
Description: Rather thick metal. Edges fairly sharp.
Publications: Dukes (1834), Arch XXVI, 464-5,Hartshorne, "Salopia Antiqua" (1841), pp. 94-7.