Record ID: LVPL-3983EA
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete cast copper alloy Bronze Age spearhead, possibly of the Acton Park phase.The object has an uneven flaking patina that varies from a rustic brown to an olive green. The spearhead has a pronounced midrib, which widens from roughly 5mm to roughly 9mm, before widening out into the base. The base is round and smooth, with a diameter of perhaps 11mm, and widens out to a diameter of 16mm. Around 13mm from the bottom, the base protrudes parallel with the blade, into two side loops. The holes in the loops measure around 8mm x 3mm. The cutting edges of the blade are smooth an…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-392749
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A partially complete copper alloy Bronze Age (possibly 1800-1400 BC) dagger blade, with similarities in curvature with other objects on database (BERK-2C1328). The overall surface is pitted with corrosion ad has an olive green patina. The blade is bilaterally symmetrical and lozenge shaped in cross section, this becoming more exaggerated and stretched laterally from tip to tang, where the thickness becomes nearly uniform. The edges of the blade are broken and jagged, but it can be inferred that it originally tapered smoothly. The base of the blade has two smooth semicircular cutawa…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.