Accession No
Z 20484 A
Description
Small iron socketed spearhead with rounded shoulders. Both blade tip and socket are fully intact.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Burwell
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
?Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; ?Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 20484 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
139mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
For photocopies of Lethbridge’s Burwell excavation notes, drawings, etc. see WO8/1/1 in Archive.
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley
Context (Field collection)
Found: Anglo Saxon cemetery, excavated by T.C. Lethbridge.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1931). ‘Recent excavations in Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.’ Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, n.s. 3. pp. 47-70
Event Date 1931
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (CMS Description)
Metal; Iron Spearhead
Event Date 14/8/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small iron socketed spearhead with rounded shoulders. Both blade tip and socket are fully intact.
Event Date 22/4/2021
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:19449
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