Object: Spearhead
Classification: VI
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, WG. 1712
Site: Kent, Swanscombe, Broadness Marsh, R. Thames dredged
Discovery context: marshland
Parish: Broadness
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 60 74
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 261
Width (mm): blade 64, socket 24
Thickness (mm): blade 14, socket 24
Weight (g): 379.63
Patina: dull brownish green. bronze on socket + slight patina.
Associations: From ahoard. also Nos WG. 1712 to 1721. (7 other spearheads. ferrule + knife)
Description: 2 crescent shaped openings in blade. Long rivet through socket.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. XXIII. 160., R.F. Jessup 'Kent' 110. 263 - No 13 Pl. V.
Remarks: A OK, Internal section, section above perforations