Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Purchased by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, April 1919,1919.b
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Wilburton,In fen-land belonging to Mr. Oliver Claude Pell.,1882
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Wilburton
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 222
Edge (mm): 40
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 131
Patina: Grey and black patina and metal.
Surface: Corroded very deeply, through in two large holes in socket - one each side. Broken off at rivet holes.
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard
Description: Conical socket.
Publications: Archaeologia, XLVIII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919