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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: BERK-2D130B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, consisting only of the tip. The blade is lozeiform in cross section. Width at midpoint 4.05mm and thickness at midpoint 4.87mm. Although the form of the spearhead is hard to dertermine from the fragment, it is of Middle to Late Bronze Age date (c. 1500-800 BC).
Notes:
Rally Record Yellow 765
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: 22.68 mm
Width: 6.79 mm
Thickness: 6.07 mm
Weight: 4.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th September 2016
Rally details.
This object was found at XP Rally Milton-under-Wychwood 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Milton-under-Wychwood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2515
Four figure Latitude: 51.83305723
Four figure longitude: -1.63859925
1:25K map: SP2515
1:10K map: SP21NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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