Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: John Holmes Collection, City Art Gallery, Leeds,Cat. No. 247,(Wardell Collection)
Site: England,Yorkshire,Churwell, near Leeds
Parish: Churwell
County: West Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 50
Edge (mm): 29
Thickness (mm): 24
Weight (g): 112
Patina: Fine green patina
Other: Thickness: 24mm (diameter of socket)
Associations: Found with a hoard
Description: Cylindrical socket continued on a tapering midrib. The grater part of one side of blade has been sharpened by hammering, the other side is rough from the mould; the blade has been broken, probably during the sharpening process. Encircling the socket near the base are 3 incised parallel lines and continuous row of incised chevrons rising from the rim, rivet hole in socket.
Publications: Evans, p. 328