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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-6B9441
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead fragment, 40mm ong, 26mm wide, 10mm thick at the base, 2mm thick at the tip and weighs 8.52g. It consists of a the broken tip of a spearhead with a jagged broken lower surface. It is triangular in form and ovoid in section with a triangular shaped, circular sectioned hollow shaft. This is flanked by flat curving blades which have a bevelled edge,
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 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 8.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Melton Warwick (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7517
Four figure Latitude: 52.74542933
Four figure longitude: -0.89041511
1:25K map: SK7517
1:10K map: SK71NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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