Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1926,3,Lord Forester,Willey Park, Broseley, Salop.
Site: England,Shropshire,Little Wenlock,Willow Moor,1834 (spring),in a marshy field
Parish: Little Wenlock
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SJ 640 083
Year of discovery: 1834
Length (mm): 134
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 32
Thickness (mm): 15
Weight (g): 92
Patina: Slight traces of darker patina. Purplish patches on lip of socket.
Surface: Light greenish brown, encrusted. Rather rough.
Other: Width: blade 32mm; socket 23mm,Thickness: blade 15mm; socket 23mm,Weight: 92.13 gms
Associations: Hoard SE of Wrekin. 4 other spearheads and part leaf-shaped sword. (Part of the hoard)
Description: Made of rather thin metal. The ribs round socket are not very prominent. Sharp edges. Remains of wooden shaft.
Publications: Dukes (1834), Arch XXVI, 464-5,Hartshorne, "Salopia Antiqua", (1841), pp. 94-7.