Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ehtnology, Cambridge,Purchased by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, April 1919,1919.6
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Wilburton,In fenland belonging to Mr. Oliver Claude Pell.,1882
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Wilburton
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 112
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 36
Thickness (mm): 18
Weight (g): 58
Patina: Black brown patina showing metal in patches.
Surface: Corroded in places.
Other: Width: blade 36mm; socket 24.5mm,Thickness: blade 17.5mm
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard
Description: Conical socket. 2 Rivet holes. 1 broken into with two cracks running from it.
Publications: Archaeologia, XLVIII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919