Accession No
1988.225.1
Description
Iron socketed spearhead with angular shoulders and split socket; blade, tip and socket are fully intact. Faint mid-rib and remains of mineralised wood in socket.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Barrington; Edix Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon 6th century
Source
Adamson, Douglas T. [donor]; Montague, Chris [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1988.225.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Wood
Local Term
Measurements
560mm
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
See 1988.225.2 for the wooden fragments found in the socket.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Grave group (1988.223-1988.232) found with a skeleton by Chris Montague while metal detecting in August 1987. Retrospectively assigned number Grave 28 by Malim and Hines (1998). Found on the site of Edix Hill (Barrington A) cemetery, which was excavated in the 19th century.
Event Date 8/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Spearhead.
Event Date 4/5/1988
Author: maa
Context (References)
Malim, Tim and Hines, John. (1998). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire. CBA Research Report 112. York: Council for British Archaeology. pp. 56, Fig. 3.44
Event Date 1998
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Iron socketed spearhead with angular shoulders and split socket; blade, tip and socket are fully intact. Faint mid-rib and remains of mineralised wood in socket.
Event Date 4/5/2021
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:24996
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