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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: WILT-697EE0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead, consisting of the very tip only. It measures 25.7mm in length and is a lozenge shape in section. It weighs 4.38g. The midrib occupies much of the fragment, there surviving only 1.5mm in width the edge beyond. The midrib is damaged to one side, showing possibly the very end of the socket. At the break, the fragment is 12mm wide and 5.4mm thick. The tip narrows to the very end, which is 3mm thick.
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1500 BC
Date to: 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.7 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 4.38 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2008
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: West Lavington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9952
Four figure Latitude: 51.267153
Four figure longitude: -2.015717
1:25K map: ST9952
1:10K map: ST95SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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