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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-E66167
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Bronze age spear fragment, 80mm long, 20mm wide and 10mm thick. The object is in poor condition and weighs21.69grams. The object represents the broken tip of a spear and has a corroded surface and badly damaged edges. It has a circular section and is slightly conical in form, with the remains of blades visible on each side.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2150 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 80 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 21.69 g
Diameter: 17 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: Derbyshire Dales (District)
Parish or ward: Hulland Ward (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK2547
Four figure Latitude: 53.019718
Four figure longitude: -1.628769
1:25K map: SK2547
1:10K map: SK24NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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