Clacton Spear

Clacton Spear
Clacton Spear at the Natural History Museum, London
MaterialYew wood
Sizelength: 387 mm
width: 39 mm
Createdc. 410,000 years ago
Discovered1911
Clacton-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom
Discovered bySamuel Warren
Present locationLondon, England, United Kingdom

The Clacton Spear, or Clacton Spear Point, is the tip of a wooden spear discovered in Clacton-on-Sea in 1911. At approximately 400,000 years old, it is the oldest known worked wooden implement.[1]

  1. ^ Allington-Jones, L., (2015) Archaeological Journal, 172 (2) 273–296 The Clacton Spear – The Last One Hundred Years