Object: Spearhead
Classification: IV
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: H. Baglis Esq, Hatford Manor, Reading M.
Site: England,Berkshire (Oxfordshire),Hatford,Found about October 1936 about 6' down in peat near Hatford Brook on the Hatford Manor Estate.
Discovery context: peat
Parish: Hatford
County: Berkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1936
Weight (g): 47
Patina: Varigated brown patina
Surface: Smooth and in fairly good condition
Description: Spearhead in very bent and poor condition. The metal is very thin and is evidently a bungled casting; edges and point sharp. Upper end of blade bent over, and cracked across one face about 1" from the point; edges rather chipped and bent over, but very sharp; crack across one face where the blade joins the socket (on the opposite face from the crack) near the point; the socket is bent below this crack, in the opposite direction from the bend near the point, the whole spearhead being 'S' shaped in profile; loops are not broken, but are imperfect castings. Mouth of socket damaged, and of thin metal.