Spear head with lozenge shaped blade and split socket [SM 16/01/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spear head with lozenge shaped blade and split socket [SM 16/01/2008]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Hampshire Hinton Down
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector George Rolleston; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Unknown Archaeological period: Iron Age
Date collected: ?November 1877 or 1879
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Socketed
Dimensions: Length: max 155 mm, Width: max 27 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1887.1.426
Research and responses: I cannot find a Hinton Down in Hampshire but I can find lots of villages like Hinton Ampner near Winchester [AP 08/08/2006]
There is also a Hinton near Christchurch (near the Hampshire/ Dorset border) [CB 8/12/2009]