Accession No
1948.1527
Description
Iron socketed spearhead of angular shape with slightly concave sides, a low mid rib, and a long split socket. Mineralised wood in the socket.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Linton Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1527; 13 [Grave No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Mineralised wood
Local Term
Measurements
33mm x 20mm x 350mm Weight 0.269kg
Events
Context (Field collection)
Linton Barrow, Grave 13, 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
Event Date 1854
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Low midrib. Some wood of the shaft still in position. Split socket
Event Date 1948
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Previously on display in Archaeology Gallery, case 46, Clarke Gallery 1984-2010
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Iron socketed spearhead of angular shape with slightly concave sides, a low mid rib, and a long split socket. Mineralised wood in the socket.
Event Date 4/1/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:19240
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