Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum WG. 1716
Site: Kent, Swanscombe, Broadness Marsh, Greenhithe + Northfleet (between), R. Thames (dredged)
Discovery context: marshland
Parish: Broadness
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 60 74
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 184
Width (mm): blade 45, socket 23
Thickness (mm): blade 13, socket 21.5
Weight (g): 160.67
Patina: no patina
Surface: dull bronze . whitish encrustation on part of blade + socket face.
Associations: from a hoard. also Nos 1712 to 1721. (7 other spearheads. ferrule + knife)
Description: Fragments of wood adhere inside socket rim. 2 rivet holes. left one nearly filled.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. XXIII. 160, R. F. Jessup 'Kent'. 110. 263
Remarks: A OK