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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-E0EF32
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Bronze age copper alloy spearhead fragment of Davis Group 13. The fragment is sub rectangular in form, with a central circular cross sectioned, tapering shaft, flanked by incomplete blade projections. At one end there is a circular hollow forming the base of the shaft and the other (upper) edge there is a circular cross sectioned, solid centre with triangular cross sectioned projections. The fragment forms the lower part of the blade, where it joins its shaft and is in a very poor condition. Length: 42 mm, width: 20 mm, thickness: 11 mm, weight: 15.14 grams.
Class: Fragment
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 1400 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 15.14 g
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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: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Swinderby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8763
Four figure Latitude: 53.15703352
Four figure longitude: -0.70036489
1:25K map: SK8763
1:10K map: SK86SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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