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Spear
Unique ID: NMGW-8E8085
Object type certainty: Certain
Socketed spearhead of socket looped (side looped) type and dating to the Middle Bronze Age, of Acton Park 2, Taunton (Cemmaes) or Pennard metalworking, corresponding to the beginning of Needham’s (1996) Period 5 (c. 1500 – 1150BC). The spearhead is complete and is 149.4mm long and weighs 101.3g. The circular socket has an external diameter at the mouth of 19.2mm. Adhering to the inside of the socket is a ring of surviving wood from the spear shaft, (the spear was deposited or lost in a wetland esturine environment). The sides of the socket converge towards the blade. Midway between the blade and the end of the socket are attachment loops (external dimensions 16 x 6mm) with irregular oval tops. The spearhead has a leaf shaped blade (maximum width 30.8mm) with straight converging blade edges. The socket continues as a solid rounded midrib as far as the tip. Bevelled blade edges are evident although eroded. The spearhead had a dark green to brown patina. The spearhead can be paralleled with a number of examples recovered from Wales and elsewhere, and is similar to Savory (1980) No. 337:2. A similar side-looped spearhead from the Thames at Mortlake (DoB 31) has recently been dated by Needham et al (1997) producing an early radiocarbon date of 3225+/- 65BP (OxA-5948) 1680-1400BC with a 95% confidence rating.
Class: Socket looped type
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: To be donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 149.4 mm
Width: 30.8 mm
Weight: 101.3 g
Diameter: 19.2 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Secondary material: Wood [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Wales
County: Swansea
District: Swansea
Parish: Llwchwr
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SS5698
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 1 metre square.
Method of discovery: Other chance find
[scope notes]
General landuse: Coastland [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Inter-tidal [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Mark Lodwick
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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.150.1
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Created:
Friday 22nd October 2004
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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