Object: Spearhead
Classification: (Eyed) V B
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 belonging to Mr. Oliver Claude Pell
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Wilburton
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 320
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 66
Thickness (mm): 20
Weight (g): 307
Patina: Dull black patina and metal colour.
Other: Width: blade 66mm; socket 25.5mm
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard
Description: 2 Rivet holes in same plane as blade at base of socket, 2 other rivet holes in each eye A + B.
Publications: Archaeologia, XLVIII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919