Record ID: HAMP-A36D91
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undatable (but possibly Late Bronze Age, c.1000-700 BC) copper alloy possible ferrule from a spear butt or spear terminal. It measures 26.32x(max)10.87mm and weighs 7.21g. Its internal depth is 13.72mm. The object is cone-shaped, its walls c.2.3mm in thickness. The walls are heavily pitted and have two apertures, one 5.3mm long and the other 1.1mm in diameter. They are likely to be the result of a casting fault caused by the metal not properly filling the mould leaving the ferrule possibly unfinished (Kevin Leahy pers.comm. February 2014). It is impossible to determine the original…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.