Accession No

1958.153.1


Description

Iron socketed javelin or spearhead; no shoulder, straight blade tapering at the end to a point.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Fen Ditton; Fleam Dyke


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Cambridgeshire County Council [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1958.153.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

145mm


Events

Context (Display)
Old display label for Fleam Dyke finds [1958.150-156, 1963.231 and D 1964.1-3] reads: 'FLEAM DYKE. Fen Ditton. Found in the ditch during road widening. d.d. Cambs County Council and M.D. Cra'ster. Lent J.W. Clarke.' Now in Archive (Doc.731)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Burials found in 1957 on the Fleam Dyke at the junction of Fen Ditton and Newmarket Roads during road improvements.
Event Date 1957
Author: maa


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles. (1958). ‘The Riddle of the Dykes.’ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 51. pp. 1-5. Plate I, B.
Event Date 1958
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1958.153[.1-2]: 'Two knives.'
Event Date 1958
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Hutchinson, Patricia. (1964). ‘Archaeological Notes: Finds from the Fleam Dyke, Fen Ditton.’ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 56/57. pp. 125-126
Event Date 1964
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett description for 1958[.1-2]: 'One tanged knife, one appears to be a ?socketed spearhead.'
Event Date 27/4/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Iron socketed javelin or spearhead; no shoulder, straight blade tapering at the end to a point.
Event Date 20/5/2021
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:8965

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