Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1923,S.H. Pritchard, Esq.,Admaston, nr. Wellington, Salop.,51-53
Site: England,Shropshire,Little Wenlock,Willow Moor,(Alias Wrekin Tenement Hoard),1834,usually given as 1835
Parish: Little Wenlock
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SJ 640 083
Year of discovery: 1834
Length (mm): 87
Width (mm): 17
Edge (mm): 35
Thickness (mm): 11
Weight (g): 39
Patina: Grey brown patina much worn through and decayed. Small patches of purple oxidisation on lips of fractures.
Surface: Some rusty patches.
Other: Width: blade 35mm; socket 17mm,Thickness: blade 11mm; socket 15mm,Weight: 38.98 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard.
Remarks: See best preserved specimen of Mr. Pritchards 3 spearheads for his account of them, also list of published references to the Willow Moor Hoard under its several names.