Object: Spearhead
Classification: IIIA
Period: Bronze Age
Site: England,Yorkshire N.R.,Bainbridge,N. side of semer Water, on the site of Cake dwelling. Found lying on impact of blue clay, which has been [dennled?] of its covering of mud.
Parish: Bainbridge
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Country: England
Grid reference: Yorks NR Sheed LXVI S.W.
Year of discovery: NA
Weight (g): 189
Patina: One side has its original dark brown patina; the other has been cleaned and is highly burnished.
Surface: Smooth, good condition
Associations: Flint flakes and arrowheads, pierced bones, etc.
Description: Condition perfect; point fairly sharp, edges very sharp. Lozenge shaped loops. Flared-out mouth to socket, above which are give close-set grooves, from which springs a pattern of chevrons filled in with hatching. Slight ribs on blades of wings, running parallel to the edges.
Remarks: Cf spearhead from Clifton Grove, Notts, of same [same?] and much the same decoration.