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HER Number:MDV30117
Name:Spearhead found in Rex Croft Field, Hillmoor, Culmstock

Summary

Bronze spearhead with leaf-shaped blade and long hollow socket with loops just below the blade.

Location

Grid Reference:ST 110 134
Map Sheet:ST11SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishCulmstock
DistrictMid Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishCULMSTOCK

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: ST11SW20
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: ST11SW/44

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

National Monuments Record, ST11SW20 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV340670.


Rowlands, M. J., 1976, The Production and Distribution of Metalwork in the Middle Bronze Age in Southern Britain, 364 (Monograph). SDV322235.

Other details: No 1237.


Pearce, S. M., 1978, Devon in Prehistory, 78 (Monograph). SDV273286.

Other details: No 13.


Pearce, S. M., 1983, The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain, 440 (Monograph). SDV341822.

Spearhead found at Rex Croft Field (Tithe Map No. 1138), Culmstock. It has a long hollow socket, loops on socket just below leaf-shaped blade. Length 178 millimetres, blade width 35 millimetres, socket diameter external 20 millimetres by 22 millimetres. Museum No. 3800.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV273286Monograph: Pearce, S. M.. 1978. Devon in Prehistory. Devon in Prehistory. Paperback Volume. 78.
SDV322235Monograph: Rowlands, M. J.. 1976. The Production and Distribution of Metalwork in the Middle Bronze Age in Southern Britain. The Production and Distribution of Metalwork in the Middle Bronze Age in So. BAR 31. Unknown. 364.
SDV340670National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. ST11SW20. National Monuments Record Index. Unknown.
SDV341822Monograph: Pearce, S. M.. 1983. The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain. British Archaeological Reports. 120. Photocopy. 440.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

  • FDV3947 - EDGED WEAPON (LANEBA to Unknown - 2200 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Mar 22 2012 12:00AM