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 owned by Mr. Oliver Claude Pell,1882
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Wilburton
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 262
Width (mm): 22
Edge (mm): 49
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 185
Patina: Dull and shiny black patina and metal patches.
Surface: Deeply corroded especially on one side near point.
Other: Width: blade 49mm; socket 21.5mm
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard
Description: Conical socket showing. One rivet hole in same plane as blade, indicated where broken.
Publications: Archaeologia, XLVII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919