Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Purchased by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, April 1919,1919.6
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Wilburton,In fenland owned by Mr. Oliver Claude Pell,1882
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Wilburton
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 136
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 42
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 126
Patina: Black and patina metal colour.
Surface: Smooth and shiny mostly. Corroded in one or two places especially the point.
Other: Length:135.5 mm,Width: blade 41.5mm; socket 24.5mm,Thickness: 16.5mm
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard
Description: Conical socket. 2 Rivet holes. Socket length unknnown, as part of haft still in position.
Publications: Archaeologia, XLVIII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919