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Description: | Incomplete cast cu-alloy socketed side-looped spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age. The spearhead is comparatively small and complete except for a large portion of the socket which is missing. Only the upper halves of the two small side loops remain. The surface is pitted and the edges look worn. It is heavily patinated. The spearhead is likely to belong to the Acton Park 2, Taunton (Cemmaes) or Penard metalwork assemblage, corresponding to Needham's (1997) Period 5, c. 1500-1150BC. The spearhead was likely to have been short and similar to Savory (1980) nos. 227 - 230, which Savory argues are of Acton Park metal, although no. 228 gave an analysis suggesting Penard metal. A 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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