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Spear
Unique ID: LON-A97617
Object type certainty: Certain
A middle Bronze Age copper alloy tip fragment from a spear head (1500-1150BC). There is a pronounced mid rib extending to the tip with the blade wings projecting from each side. There is a rough irregular break across the width. The break reveals that the spear head is solid with no trace of the socket. Jon Cotton suggests this is probably the tip from a side-looped socketed spear head. Dimensions: length: 73.84mm; width: 20.02mm; thickness: 9.02mm; weight: 16.69g. Identification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London.
Class: Socketed
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2009T4
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 1500 BC
Date to: 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 73.84 mm
Width: 20.02 mm
Thickness: 9.02 mm
Weight: 16.69 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: Wandsworth
Parish: Wandsworth
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ2475
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Other chance find
[scope notes]
General landuse: Open fresh water [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Running water [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2008
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall
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Identified by: Jon Cotton - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2009T4, not Treasure because it is a single find.
Treasure case number: 2009T4
References cited
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Created:
Monday 24th November 2008
Updated: Monday 16th May 2011
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