Accession No
1951.520 A
Description
Iron spearhead with a split socket and leaf shaped blade with a subtle midrib. Split socket with rivet holes and tip of ash haft preserved.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Shaw, Charles Thurstan [collector and donor]; ?Cambridge Archaeological Field Club
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.520 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Wood; Ash Wood
Local Term
Measurements
38mm x 226mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue Card has the following entry: " The shaft was examined by Mr D. Walker of the sub dept of Quaternary Research. He reports: 'The wood of the shaft was decayed and contained what appears to be fungal hyphae but even so it was possible to identify the wood, almost certainly, as that of ash: Furcinus Excelsior''
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Found: Chalk pit on the site of Saxon cemetery
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Wood (ash) of haft still in cleaned but split socket. Unusually short blade. Iron spearhead
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron spearhead with a split socket and leaf shaped blade with a subtle midrib. Split socket with rivet holes and tip of ash haft preserved.
Event Date 4/4/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:19270
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