Object: Spearhead
Classification: (Eyed) V B
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology, Cambridge,Purchased by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, April 1919,1919.6
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): 246
Width (mm): 27
Edge (mm): 57
Thickness (mm): 21
Weight (g): 266
Patina: Black patina and metal.
Surface: Deeply corroded and edge of blade lent and chipped.
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard
Description: Rather battered. Eyes appear to be bored and not cast. 2 Rivet holes in same plane as blade.
Publications: Archaeologia, XLVIII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919
Remarks: Width: Blade 56.5mm; socket 27mm