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 fen land owned by Mr. Oliver Claude Pell,1882
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Wilburton
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 185
Width (mm): 27
Edge (mm): 44
Thickness (mm): 20
Weight (g): 179
Patina: Dull dirty brown patina all over - no metal showing through.
Surface: Fused and bent. Corroded in places.
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard.
Description: Conical socket and a ridge running parallel to blade. 2 Rivet holes. Point broken off.
Publications: Archaeologia XLVIII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919