Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. Lemmon, Saltwood
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Hayne Wood, on line of railway cutting; 6 ft below surface, lying on station of sand, c. 25 yards NE by N of summit of hill,Found June 4, 1872.
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: Kent LXXIV NE
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 59
Width (mm): 23
Weight (g): 25
Patina: Green and brown patina.
Surface: Fairly smooth
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for first spearhead V.
Description: Fragment of small head, with ribless wings. Point broken, part of edge of one wing missing, socket broken above rivet holes.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Evans,Jessup, Arch. of Kent., 107,Journ. Anthrop. Insti. III, 230