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Unique ID: WILT-2BD9F2
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Middle to Late Bronze Age (1450 - 900 BC) bronze socketed spearhead, missing its socket end and its tip. The edges are very damaged, some ancient and some recent (plough). It measures 83.50mm in length and weighs 36.05g. The spearhead is max.20.73x10.62mm and min.13.42x7.08mm at either end. In cross-section, the central rib is diamond-shaped with the c.2mm thick blade extending from opposing points. At both breaks, the central rib is solid, suggesting the spearhead would have originally been quite long. It is uncertain if any part of the edge is original (ie.not damaged) which in turn makes it harder to date and attribute to a type. The spearhead is coated in ?varnish.
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1450 BC
Date to: 900 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 83.5 mm
Width: 20.73 mm
Thickness: 10.62 mm
Weight: 36.05 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009
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4 Figure: SU2645
Four figure Latitude: 51.203625
Four figure longitude: -1.62923
1:25K map: SU2645
1:10K map: SU24NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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