Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Reading Museum - No. 44.29, Received in exchange from Mr. A.G. Madden.  Cranmore Ethnographical Museum, Chiselhurst 9th April 1929
Site: England,  thames, middlesex, hampton, from the banks of the thames, found while excavating for the works [...] southampton & vauxhall water co., in 1868, apparently in peaty soil.
Discovery context: peat
Parish: Hampton
District: Hounslow
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1868
Length (mm): 484
Surface: Pale brownish-yellow metal, showing signs of being water-worn.
Composition: Part of the wooden shaft was still in the socket when found.  Blade found parallel to edges & round point above tip of midrib. Square barbs at base of blade.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Antiq, Ser. 2 XII 274.5 (17. Jan 1889)