Context (Display)
Old display label reads: 'Dimmock's Cote nr. Upware. 25.603. C.A.S. XXIX. p. 114. fig. 4A. V.C.H. (Cambs) I. pl.x.p'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Dredged out of the River Cam at Dimmock's Cote, between Upware and the 'Fish and Duck' near the junction of the Old West River and the Cam
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1928). Archaeological Notes. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 29. p. 114, Fig. 4a
Event Date 1928
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1938). 'Anglo-Saxon Cambridgeshire'. In Salzman, L.F. (ed.). The Victoria County History of teh County of Cambridgeshire and The Isle of Ely. Volume 1. London: Oxford University Press. p. 327, Pl. X.p
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (CMS Description)
One edged sword, or scramasax. Close to the blunt edge and running parallel with it, on both faces, are 2 shallow grooves, meeting in a point within 5.5" of the point of the sword. The top of the tang has a rivet hole, partly broken away
Event Date 28/4/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Iron scramasax, or single-edged sword. Decorated on both faces with two shallow, parallel grooves near to the back edge of the blade, that meet at a point 14 cm away from the blade point. Tang is slightly bent and broken through a rivet hole.
Event Date 4/5/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff