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Spearhead Face View
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Mark Lodwick, 2004-10-22 12:47:46
Title
Spearhead Face View
Description
English: Socketed spearhead of socket looped (side looped) type and dating to the Middle Bronze Age, of Acton Park 2, Taunton (Cemmaes) or Pennard metalworking, corresponding to the beginning of Needham’s (1996) Period 5 (c. 1500 – 1150BC). 
      The spearhead is complete and is 149.4mm long and weighs 101.3g. The circular socket has an external diameter at the mouth of 19.2mm. Adhering to the inside of the socket is a ring of surviving wood from the spear shaft, (the spear was deposited or lost in a wetland esturine environment). The sides of the socket converge towards the blade. Midway between the blade and the end of the socket are attachment loops (external dimensions 16 x 6mm) with irregular oval tops. The spearhead has a leaf shaped blade (maximum width 30.8mm) with straight converging blade edges. The socket continues as a solid rounded midrib as far as the tip. Bevelled blade edges are evident although eroded. The spearhead had a dark green to brown patina.
The spearhead can be paralleled with a number of examples recovered from Wales and elsewhere, and is similar to Savory (1980) No. 337:2. A similar side-looped spearhead from the Thames at Mortlake (DoB 31) has recently been dated by Needham et al (1997) producing an early radiocarbon date of 3225+/- 65BP (OxA-5948) 1680-1400BC with a 95% confidence rating.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Swansea
Date between 1500 BC and 1150 BC
Accession number
FindID: 78806
Old ref: NMGW-8E8085
Filename: DSCN3023.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/40801
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/40801/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/78806
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Object location51° 39′ 40.32″ N, 4° 03′ 36.14″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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