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SPEARHEAD
Unique ID: WREX-2F96A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy socketed and looped spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date (Acton Park II) c. 1400-1350BC. It appears to be a Davis' (2012) Group 3, ribbed kite blade, Type 3B.There is a high central rib on the blade that runs all the way to the point, the tip of which is diamond shaped in section. The socket is circular in section with two lentoid loops (one either side).
Total length: 134mm; blade length: 86.1mm; blade width: 35.7mm; blade thickness (inc. central rib): 12.2mm tapering to 3.8mm at the tip; length of loops: 20.3mm; width of loops: 6.6mm; external dia. of socket: 20.2mm; internal dia. of socket: 17.2mm; depth of socket: 78.2mm; weight: 103.1g
Notes:
Thanks to Peter Reavill and Mark Lodwick for assistance with the identification.
Class:
Side-looped
Sub class: Davis (2012) Group 3B; Acton Park II
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1400 BC
Date to: Circa 1350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 134 mm
Width: 35.7 mm
Thickness: 12.2 mm
Weight: 103.1 g
Diameter: 28.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th March 2018 - Thursday 29th March 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 50918/2
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Shropshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis, R. | 2012 | The Early and Middle Bronze Age Spearheads of Britain | Stuttgart | Franz Steiner Verlag |
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