Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge,From Evan's Collection
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Burwell Fen,June 1862
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Burwell
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1862
Length (mm): 262
Width (mm): 27
Edge (mm): 46
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 168
Patina: Brown and green patina of different shades.
Surface: Rough and corroded - some smooth patches.
Other: Width: blade 45.5mm; socket 27mm
Associations: Found with celt, ring, and rough metal.
Description: Spearhead with conical socket, towards which the wings thicken, the wings being hollow. The bevel is quite distinct. Two rivet hole in the same plane as the blade.