Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,Evans Collection, 1927.2477,H. Prigg
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Reach (near Burwell),Reach Fen,1867
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Reach
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1867
Length (mm): 169
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 34
Thickness (mm): 116
Patina: Very dirty brown patina with flecks of oxide.
Other: Weight: 116.18 gms
Associations: Hoard of about 60 pieces, Late Bronze Age, including other spear heads (2) + fragments, socketed celts, knives, small tools, etc. For details, see Socketed Celt No. 2451.
Description: Narrow blade with bevelled edge, badly damaged on one side near point. 2 rivet holes, 78mm below blade.
Publications: Evans, Anc. Br. Imps., pp. 314-5, Hoard No. 82