Object: Spearhead
Classification: IIIA
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum WG 1653.
Site: Greater London, Thames, Hammersmith, June 23rd 1905
Discovery context: river
Parish: Hammersmith
District: Hammersmith and Fulham
County: Greater London
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 22 78
Year of discovery: 1905
Length (mm): 241
Width (mm): blade 53; socket 23
Thickness (mm): blade 16; socket 24
Weight (g): 192.11
Patina: black with rusty patches. Traces of green.
Surface: white encrustations. Rough.
Description: Top of blade is bent. 2 rivet holes. Part of shaft remains in socket. Long crack on left side of blade & one across reverse of central rib.
Remarks: Internal section, side view of loops., Inacc., New drawing available., CI