Context (Found together / assemblage)
Grave 25 was described as containing a muscular, but very old, male; all the lower molars had disappeared before death. At the head of the grave on the left-hand side was a spearhead, a knife was in position by his left-hand side, and a bronze buckle preserved fragments of cloth.
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Grave 25
The initial excavation of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery was carried out in the early months of 1952 by the Cambridge Archaeological Field Club under the direction of the Hon. R.W.H. Erskine and D.M. Wilson. Its discovery was reported by Mr G.O. Vinter, MA, in the autumn of 1951.
Event Date 1952
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Large iron spearhead with split socket.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa

Context (References)
Wilson, D.M. (1956). The Initial Excavations of an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol XLIX. p. 37, Fig. 4
Event Date 1956
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Conservation (Repack)
CON.2016.3299 | Repack
Event Date 15/3/2016
Author: Kirstie Williams

Description (Physical description)
Iron split-socketed spearhead, leaf shaped blade with slight central rib. Mineralised wood in socket.
Event Date 21/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe