Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Oakham Museum, B.6>B
Site: England,Leicestershire,(Rutland),Cottesmore,1906
Parish: Cottesmore
County: Rutland
Country: England
Grid reference: SK 90 13
Year of discovery: 1906
Length (mm): 121
Edge (mm): 46
Patina: Dark green patina
Surface: Some rough surface, brighter green and coppery brown; socket fractures apparently since discovery; minor fractures along much of blade edge and tip; blade bent causing crack in midrib - probably ancient.
Other: E. Length: 120.5mm,Width: blade 45.5mm; ED socket 91mm
Associations: Hoard
Description: Slightly oval socket; well concave edge-bevel; longitudinal punch marks evident along much of socket, midrib and blade; socket protruding little into blade wings; part of rivet hole surviving on one side.
Remarks: PI; AFI; CI; SI,SN May 78