Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
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 fenland belonging to Mr. Oliver Claude Pell.
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Wilburton
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1882
Length (mm): 218
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 162
Patina: Black patina with metal colour showing through.
Surface: Not much corroded.
Other: Length: 217.5mm
Associations: The Wilburton Hoard.
Description: Conical socket. 2 Rivet in same plane as blade.
Publications: Archaeologia XLVIII, 106,New Cambridge, 17 May 1919