Accession No

1988.225.2


Description

Three fragments of wood from inside a spearhead.


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

1988.225.2; MAA: 1987.53 [Lab no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
The wooden fragments are from the socket of the spearhead (1988.225.1).
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)
Wood fragments from 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: Louise Puckett


Conservation ()
1996.12M |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Three fragments of wood from inside a spearhead.
Event Date 5/5/2021
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:24997

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