Accession No
1948.1358.1-2
Description
Long socketed spearhead with straight sided blade (.1) and split socket (.2). Socket detached but present, with some mineralised wood inside.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1358.1-2; 34
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Mineralised wood
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Typed label affixed to object reads: '34'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Field collection)
Grave 34. Excavated in 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: maa
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery Near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. (possibly illustrated)
Event Date 1952
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (CMS Description)
Long spear head. Split socket. Blade shows low mid rib
'Socket broken off but present. J. Somerville 15/12/2000.;
Event Date 25/3/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Long socketed spearhead with straight sided blade (.1) and split socket (.2). Socket detached but present, with some mineralised wood inside.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:15872
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