Iron spear-head

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron spear-head
Long description: Iron spear head with lozenge-shaped blade and faceted socket. [El.B 31/1/2007]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Surrey Reigate
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Thomas Hart; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Iron Age
Date collected: By 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Socketed
Dimensions: Thick: max 24 mm, Width: max 36 mm, Length: max 184 mm, Weight 119 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.120.52
Research and responses: According to Elizabeth Twohig, 1987 'Pitt-Rivers in Munster, 1862-65/6' Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 92(251), 1987 34-46 page 40. Pitt-Rivers gave a talk to the Cuvierian Society in Cork in 1864 wher he also showed some flints from Reigate, of which this could be one [AP 03/01/2013]