Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: (1938), F. Haid, Esq.
Site: England,Nottinghamshire,Clifton,Clifton Grove,Dredged up from R. Trent gravels at 10 feet depth.,1937
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Clifton
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1937
Length (mm): 199
Width (mm): 42
Thickness (mm): 27
Weight (g): 139
Patina: Dark brown.
Surface: Thickly pitted all over socket and midrib, less pitted on wings of blade. An encrustment resembling iron that occurs on base of socket, covering one rivet hole and also on one wing of blade.
Other: Thickness: at socket 27mm
Description: Plain ribless leaf-shaped spear; edges somewhat chipped, remains of wooden shaft in socket. rivet hole on one side of socket, on the other side it is covered with a rust-like encrustment, which extends round the mouth of socket.