Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Purchased by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, April 1919,1919.b
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Wilburton,In fen land by Mr. Oliver Claude Pell.,1882
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Wilburton
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 152
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 33
Thickness (mm): 14
Weight (g): 86
Patina: Patches of shuny black patina also dusty-brown and copper and tin.
Surface: Corroded and fused. Through in 3 places.
Other: Width: blade 32.5mm; socket 24mm
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard
Description: Conical socket. 2 Rivet holes. Base of socket broken.
Publications: Archaeologia, XLVIII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919