• 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...
  • Since discovery, the Clacton spear has also been replicated twice, has undergone physical transformations due to preservation treatments, and has featured...
  • Since discovery, the Clacton spear has also been replicated twice, has undergone physical transformations due to preservation treatments...
  • Since discovery, the Clacton spear has also been replicated twice, has undergone physical transformations due to preservation treatments, and has featured...
  • Since discovery, the Clacton spear has also been replicated twice, has undergone physical transformations due to preservation treatments, and has featured...
  • Made around 420,000 years ago and unearthed in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, this yew spear point is the oldest preserved wooden spear in the world.
  • This spear is named after Clacton-on-sea which is where it was discovered in 1911.
  • Besides Schöningen, a spear fragment from Clacton-on-Sea, England dating from 400,000 years ago can be found at the Natural History Museum, London.
  • The Clacton Spear was shaped by flint tools and fire-hardened 420,000 years ago in southern England.