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Unique ID: GLO-428CF4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy spear ferrule. The terminal of the ferrule is rounded, the sides gently expand outwards to form a long cone with a circular cross-section.The walls of the cone are 3.5 mm thick and heavily truncated due to corrosion making it is impossible to determine its original length.This artefact dates to the Bronze Age.
Class: Spear ferrule
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2100 BC
Date to: 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Weight: 28.06 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009 - Thursday 31st December 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 3241
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
To be known as: Tibberton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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