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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: WMID1360
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
The spearhead is incomplete, the majority of the blade is missing. The edge of the socket is also incomplete. The depth of the socket is 39.74mm. Only one lug remains which is complete. The surface of the spearhead is heavily pitted, the remaining patina is a brown colour.
Notes:
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Class: Side-looped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1500 BC
Date to: 1100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.09 mm
Width: 13.57 mm
Thickness: 12.25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 1999 - Sunday 10th October 1999
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: North Warwickshire (District)
To be known as: WARWICKSHIRE GRENDON
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ehrenberg, M.R. | 1977 | Bronze Age Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon | Oxford | British Archaeological Reports 34 | p. 6 ff. |
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