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AN1836 p.122.29

Object types: spear-head

Description: Spearhead

Materials: copper alloy

Dimensions: 22.606 cm x 2.32 cm (greatest) [length x diameter]

Date: Middle - Late Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 1500 - 600 cal.BC)

Period: Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 2500 - c. 800 cal. BC)

Associated Places: Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales (find spot)

Acquisition: From the Old Collection.

Reference: 

Gibson, Camden's Britannia, 1695

R.A. Smith, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, XXX

Gough, Camden's Britannia, 1806

Lluyd?, 'Parochalia', iii, 1700-