Object: Spearhead
Classification: III
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ralph Hotchkins Melksham Court, Gloucs.,Sold at Sotheby's May 27, 1936,lot 130.
Site: England,Suffolk,Newmarket,Devil's Ditch
Discovery context: auction
Parish: Newmarket
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 156
Width (mm): 54
Thickness (mm): 20
Weight (g): 142
Patina: Considerably pitted, Dark green; light green in pits; traces of brown.
Surface: Smooth, except for the socket and midrib on one ride, where it is.
Other: Thickness: socket 20mm,Weight: 5 oz. = 141.748 gms
Description: Both edges of blade jagged + rough, except for a short distance (about 1") below point. One loop broken off.
Remarks: (May 27, 1936). Paper label on one wing of blade. "Spear from Devil's Ditch, Newmarket, Revd. Mr. Hotchkin."