Accession No
1948.1643 A
Description
Iron socketed spearhead of leaf shape. Small amount of split socket remains, containing mineralised wood. String wrapped around blade, possibly part of a repair.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Linton Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1643 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Mineralised wood
Local Term
Measurements
255mm
Events
Context (Other)
Catalogue card for 1948.1643 A-B: '... [not] identifiable with any particular grave.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Linton Heath barrow, excavated in 1853.
Event Date 1853
Author: maa
Context (References)
Neville, Richard. C. (1854). ‘Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Excavated, January, 1853’. The Archaeological Journal, vol. XI. pp. 95-115 (not illustrated)
Event Date 1854
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1948.1643 A-B: 'Two long iron spear heads with split sockets. The socket of one is broken off (now 10" long). The socket of the other is 12" long.'
Event Date 1948
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron socketed spearhead of leaf shape. Small amount of split socket remains, containing mineralised wood. String wrapped around blade, possibly part of a repair.
Event Date 5/1/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:15973
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