Object: Spearhead
Classification: Spearhead IV or V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Society of Antiquaries, No. 4,Burlington House W.,Presented by Rev. Malachy Hitchins, 1802,B49 (ii)
Site: England,Cornwall,Lanant Parish,1802,See note below
Parish: Lanant
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1802
Length (mm): 159
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 13
Weight (g): 111
Patina: Only the remains of a patina - dark brown.
Surface: Fairly smooth, but rather pitted all over.
Other: Width: blade 41mm; socket end of blade 23mm,Thickness: blade 13mm,Weight: 111.03 gms
Associations: Part of a Bronze Founder's Hoard which included Bars of Gold.
Description: A portion of the wood shaft remains in the socket. The holes shown in sketch are on the other side.
Publications: Arch. XV, 118,Ant. Journ., Vol VIII, 1928, p. 40 and Pl XIII, Miss. L. F. Chitty
Remarks: Miss Chitty suggests that this is really part of the Willow Moor Hoard (see Anti. Journ. 1928)