Find Spot record MLI40310 - Middle Bronze Age bronze spearhead found, Great Sturton

Summary

Middle Bronze Age bronze spearhead found, Great Sturton

Type and Period (1)

  • (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1001 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 40310 A middle Bronze Age side-looped bronze spearhead (comparable with Davey 167 from Tetford) found after ploughing in 1975. Its dimensions are: length, 158mm, blade width, 30mm, maximum socket diameter, 21mm. It has a flat blade with bevelled edges and a pronounced midrib. Part of the shaft remained but is now missing. It is in the finder's possession. There was also has a spindle whorl.{1}{2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Index: SMR FILE GREAT STURTON. GREAT STURTON. TF27NW:L -.
  •  Photograph: 1975. PARISH FILE. GREAT STURTON. P2/75/9,P2/75/7,P2/75/5.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 2290 7720 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT STURTON, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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