Object: Spearhead
Classification: V B
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Purchased by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, April 1919,1919.6
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Wilburton,In fen land owned by Mr. Oliver Claude Pell,1882
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Wilburton
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 402
Width (mm): 28
Edge (mm): 53
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 282
Patina: Black patina and metal colour.
Surface: Corroded through to the socket in places.
Other: Thickness: 16.5mm
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard
Description: Slight midrib, broken at socket, bent at point. 2 Rivet holes in same plane as blade.
Publications: Archaeologia, XLVIII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919