Accession No
1948.1344
Description
Iron socketed spearhead of angular shape, with a split socket. Mineralised wood within socket. String wrapped around blade, possibly as part of a repair.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1344
Cultural Affliation
Material
Mineralised Wood; Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
250mm
Events
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. (not illustrated)
Event Date 1852
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (CMS Context)
Grave 18, with an iron knife and shield boss. No jewellery. Excavated in 1851.
Event Date 31/3/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Spear head with split socket still containing part of the wood
Event Date 31/3/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron socketed spearhead of angular shape, with a split socket. Mineralised wood within socket. String wrapped around blade, possibly as part of a repair.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:15891
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