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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: WILT-8CE367
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500 BC - 800 BC) copper alloy socketed spearhead, consisting of the very tip only. It measures 43.64mm in length and max.14.44x8.96mm at the (old) break. It weighs 13.2g.
The midrib is circular in cross-section, the blades either side triangular in cross-section. The edges of the blades are much worn and at the tip turn inwards sharply (3.38x3.47mm).
The patina is almost all lost but where it survives shows a defining groove flanking the central mid-rib.
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: 43.64 mm
Width: 14.44 mm
Thickness: 8.96 mm
Weight: 13.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006 - Monday 31st December 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Salisbury Museum Entry Form 3787
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Raunds (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9972
Four figure Latitude: 52.337159
Four figure longitude: -0.548399
1:25K map: SP9972
1:10K map: SP97SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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