Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1926,2,Lord Forester,Willey Park,Broseley, Salop.
Site: England,Shropshire,Little Wenlock,Willow Moor,1834 (spring),in a marshy field
Parish: Little Wenlock
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SJ 640 083
Year of discovery: 1834
Length (mm): 194
Width (mm): 27
Edge (mm): 38
Thickness (mm): 27
Weight (g): 103
Patina: Dark brown over dull brown surface. Patches of reddish rusty matter.
Surface: Corroded and slightly friable.
Other: Width: blade 38mm; socket 27mm,Thickness: socket 27mm; blade 14mm,Weight: 102.76 gms
Associations: Hoard S E of Wrekin. Part of sword + 5 spearheads. (Part of the hoard.)
Description: Remains of wooden shaft in socket. Rather thin metal. Several holes. Edges sharp.
Publications: Dukes (1834), Arch XXVI, 464-5.,Hartshorne, "Salopia Antiqua", (1841), pp. 94-7 (Plate facing p. 96). Description does not accord but might well refer to No. 4.