Object: Ferrule
Classification: Spear butt
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 1902.5.15.9,Given by C.H. Read, Esq., F.S.A., 1902
Site: England,Shropshire,Clungunford,Broadward Hall,Part of a hoard found at Broadward Hall on the Herefordshire and Shropshire border.
Hoard: yes
Parish: Clungunford
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 69
Width (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 62
Patina: Pale green
Surface: Very corroded
Associations: 1-22: 10 Spearheads; 3 fragments of spearheads; 2 butts of spearheads; 1 eng sword handle; 1 tip sword scabbard; 1 loop attached to socket; 1 part hollow ring; 4 bronze fragments; 1 wooden point of spear shaft
Description: Retaining carbonized wood.
Publications: Arch. Camb. 4th ser. III, 338-355,Proc. Soc. Ant. XIX, 15.
Remarks: Inacc.; ? Hollow throughout (YES, but filled [...] up with corrosion products); End view,See new index,CI