Object: Spearhead
Classification: V
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Shrewsbury Museum,Donor Mr. E. R. Watkings about 1902 date omitted in D. Bk.,7B Devenport Road, Shephard's Bush, W.
Site: England,Shropshire,Little Wenlock,Willow Moor,Under the Wrekin
Parish: Little Wenlock
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SJ 640 083
Year of discovery: 1835
Length (mm): 140
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 13
Weight (g): 114
Patina: Dull greenish grey, with brown stains.
Surface: Rough surface
Other: Width: blade 45mm; socket 26mm,Thickness: blade 13mm; socket 25mm
Associations: Part of a hoard, label: "one of a deposit of bronze reliques found 1835") - 200 or 300 broken spears said to be found together with 3 or 4 small whetstones and a celt.
Publications: Evans, B. Imps., Hoard No. 41, Hartshorne's Salopia Antiqua, p. 95, this specimen is not given in the plate, but may be No. 3 or 5 - page 96, although only the best specimens are noted.,Salopia Ant. pp. 94-7,Evans, B. Imps. p. 285-338 (Ref. Arch XXVI, 464),S.A.T. IV (2nd S.) 279,Vic. Co. His. I, 203,S.A.T.(?) C (2nd S) 108 (1898 Exhibition).