Accession No
1948.1342
Description
Iron socketed spearhead, angular shape, with long split socket. Small amount of mineralised wood in socket.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1342; 14
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Mineralised Wood
Local Term
Measurements
230mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Small typed label affixed to object reads: '14'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Field collection)
Grave 14. 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. (not illustrated)
Event Date 1852
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Related Documents)
See back of the catalogue card for sketch diagram of object.
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (CMS Description)
Iron spearhead accompanying inhumation; Split socket.
Event Date 31/3/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron socketed spearhead, angular shape, with long split socket. Small amount of mineralised wood in socket.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:15892
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