Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum (151.94),presented to Essex Arch. Soc. by Lord Rookwood 1894.,(Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. VI. 172).
Site: England,Essex,Hatfield Broad Oak
Parish: Hatfield Broad Oak
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 57.5
Edge (mm): blade 37.5
Thickness (mm): blade 11.5
Weight (g): 66.76
Patina: light green, with a small patch of blue.
Surface: smooth
Other: 2 cross section drawings of spearhead on reverse.,Blade is heavily damaged, top portion completely missing including tip.  Socket at top has a large, jagged, roughly circular break.,Mouth widens at bottom, possible from tear/crushing?
Associations: One of a Bronze Founder's Hoard of 16 Socketed Celts. 20 Lumps of Rough Metal. 14 pieces of socketed celts. 14 small pieces of an earthenware pot. 4 Pieces of Rim of Burial Urn. a pair of Burial Urn Handles. 3 Spear heads. 1 Chape. & part of a socketed tool.
Description: Socket crushed & cracked. & full of earth.
Publications: Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. vi. 172.