Object: Socketed Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester City Museum, 263.12,Previously in the possession successively of the Late Mr. W. J. Andrew and his widow the late Mrs. H.E.Tilling and bequeathed by her to the Museum in 1955.
Site: England,Hampshire,Otterbourne,Found in a sand-pit south of Poles Lane
Parish: Otterbourne
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 70
Width (mm): 13
Thickness (mm): 13
Weight (g): 28
Patina: Pale green/brown
Surface: Smooth with some pits caused by corrosion
Other: Length: 2 3/4" = 69.85mm,Width: At edge of socket 1/2" = 12.7mm; at widest part of blade 1/2" = 12.7mm,Thickness: 1/2" = 12.7mm,Weight: Less than 1 oz. = 28.35 gms
Description: The blade is broken in two places one side. There are two loops on the shaft which are broken. The edge of the base of the socket is missing except for a small part of the circumference.
Remarks: F.V. Lyall,Inacc. See new index.