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Unique ID: NCL-848177
Object type certainty: Certain
Bronze Age socketed spearhead. The socket is incomplete with a small part of the upper part of the socket. The spear head would have been leaf shape but the tip is missing. There is a brown green patina on the edges and the midrib which is flaking off.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 35.07 mm
Width: 21.3 mm
Thickness: 9.2 mm
Weight: 9.4 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: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: North East
County: Northumberland
District: Tynedale
To be known as: Shotley Low Quarter
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2009
Personal details
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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins
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Identified by: Miss Harriet Riley - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Tuesday 4th August 2009
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011


