Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: LANCUM-0AD956
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Probably a large fragment of a miscast spearhead dating from the Middle or Later Bronze Age, i.e. c. 1250-800BC. Only the miscast socket remains and it is not certain if the spearhead was ever cast complete. The fragment is wider at the base and narrows towards the top, before flaring out again slightly at the very top. There is a hole in one side and a curved break on the edge of the socket, but there is no evidence of peg holes. It looks as if the alloy that was used to make this spearhead was too thick or lumpy to fill out the mould properly and thus, only a very crude socket was cast. Dimensions: length: 54mm, width: 37mm, thickness: 5mm and weight: 71.25g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1250 BC
Date to: Circa 700 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 71.25 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2000 - Monday 1st November 2010
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Lancaster (District)
To be known as: Morecambe area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: LANCUM-096780
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Socketed, pegged, leaf-shaped spearhead made from wrought iron and probably dating from the later medieval period, i.e. AD1300-1500. It is co…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: HESH-6DD947
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
Incomplete fragment of a cast bronze socketed spear (spearhead) of probable Middle Bronze Age date (1500 - 1050 BC). The spearhead fragment co…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: WAW-76615B
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 800BC) socketed spear (spearhead): The copper alloy spearhead consists of the upper portion of the spea…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618