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[edit]Spearhead Side View | |||
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Photographer |
The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Mark Lodwick, 2004-10-22 12:47:46 |
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Spearhead Side View |
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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. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Swansea | ||
Date | between 1500 BC and 1150 BC | ||
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FindID: 78806 Old ref: NMGW-8E8085 Filename: DSCN3025.JPG |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/40802 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/40802/recordtype/artefacts Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/78806 |
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Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 15 November 2020) | ||
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Object location | 51° 39′ 40.32″ N, 4° 03′ 36.14″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.661200; -4.060040 |
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