Object: Spearhead
Classification: IIIA
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Nottingham Castle Museum
Site: England,Nottinhamshire,Clifton,Bed of Trent on North Bank and of Clifton Grove,1938
Parish: Clifton
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1938
Length (mm): 412
Width (mm): 63
Weight (g): 442
Patina: One side is a uniform khaki-coloured; the other rather browner, with patches of black; black round orifice of socket.
Surface: Smooth surface, in good condition.
Description: One edge badly damaged near the point. Mid rib extending up to point round in section. Ribs on wings of blade, running parallel to the edges, and curving inwards to meet the socket at right-angles. Stump of wooden shaft in socket. Casting flaw in side of socket.