Object: Spearhead
Classification: I
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Swaffham Fen,1861
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Swaffham
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1861
Length (mm): 250
Edge (mm): 43
Thickness (mm): 18
Weight (g): 134
Patina: Bright green and brown patina.
Surface: Smooth and dull at the point end, which is light and dark brown. The other end is rough and corroded through in one place.
Other: Width: 42.5mm blade
Description: Tanged spearhead with mid rib and two outer ribs or bevels. Two grooves between the ribs. The end of the tang has a notch to prevent the weapon being driven up into the shaft.
Publications: Prehistoric Bronzes, 118B,Bronzes, 87.,Cambridge Antiquarian Society Catalogu, 157, 1884.