Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: The Priory, Prittlewell (Southend on Sea),1/22
Site: Ireland,Co. Limerick,May 1850
County: County Limerick
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1850
Length (mm): 128
Width (mm): blade 29; socket 20
Thickness (mm): blade 15; socket 20.5
Weight (g): 97.44
Patina: Traces of patina black.
Surface: Cleaned. Slightly pocked. Mostly dark golden bronze.
Description: Small hole at A. The hole in other side is filled. These are probably modern. Point is practically round in section and niched. It appears to have been filed. Socket end a good deal broken.
Remarks: Label: Co. Limerick, May 1850, Braxton Collection 159