Object: Spearhead
Classification: IV
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Cheltenham Museum,Bushnell Collection
Site: England,Kent,Chartham,at paper mill,1861
Parish: Chatham
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1861
Length (mm): 153
Width (mm): 55
Weight (g): 103
Patina: Little colour or patina.
Surface: Smooth bronze
Composition: Bronze
Publications: Evans, Br. Imps, 322,V.C.H. Kent I, 335,Journ. Brit. Arch. Ass. XVII, 334,R.F. Jessup, 'Kent', 103, 253
Remarks: Label: "Fine bronze spearhead found in 1861 in deepening the furrow of the water wheel of Chartham paper mill, near Canterbury.",Nothing further known.