Object: Spearhead
Classification: Spearhead IV or V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Society of Antiquaries, No. 1,Burlington House W.,Presented by Rev. Malachy Hitchins 1802,B.49(iv)
Site: England,Cornwall,Lanant Parish,1802,See note below
Parish: Lanant
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1802
Length (mm): 123
Edge (mm): 35
Thickness (mm): 16
Weight (g): 66
Patina: On one side is dark brown and is thick. The other side it is mostly shipped off leaving a lighter brown coloured metal. Covered with tiny pittings.
Surface: Smooth
Other: Thickness: blade 16mm,Weight: 66.15 gms
Associations: Part of a Bronze Founder's hoard which included Bars of Gold.
Publications: Arch. XV. 118,Ant. Journ, Vol. VIII, 1928, p. 40, p; XIII, Miss L.F. Chitty
Remarks: Miss Chitty suggests that this is really part of the Willow Moor Hoard (see Ant. Jour. 1928)