Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Harris Free Public Library and Museum, Preston,3
Site: England,Lancashire,Penwortham,About 1000 yards due west of Penwortham Church, during excavations for the Ribble Dock, Preston at depth of 19 feet in coarse gravel. 23 November 1885
Discovery context: excavated
Parish: Penwortham
County: Lancashire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1885
Length (mm): 229
Width (mm): 30
Edge (mm): 42
Thickness (mm): 20
Weight (g): 186
Surface: Smooth, but not shiny like that of No.2, from which is also differs in colour, being much lighter in tint (+ much like the "nuance" known as Cafe au lait)
Other: Thickness: blade 20mm; socket 24mm,Weight: 186.45 gms
Description: Damaged in two places on face. Socket is crushed.