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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: BH-1A5AD6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of the tip of a copper-alloy socketed spearhead dating to the Bronze Age. The fragment measures 54mm in length, a maximum of 18mm in width and 9mm in thickness.
Class: Fragment
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 15.44 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th December 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Streatley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0928
Four figure Latitude: 51.9398372
Four figure longitude: -0.41577999
1:25K map: TL0928
1:10K map: TL02NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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