Record Details

NHER Number:4411
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Early Saxon iron spearhead (poorly located)

Summary

At an unspecified date, an Early Saxon socketed iron spearhead was recovered from Wereham. The exact location and circumstances of its discovery are not known.

Images - none

Location

Parish:WEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Socketed iron spearhead 26.7cm (10.5in) long. Blade only 18.4cm (7.25in) long.
Held by KLM, formerly part of Beloe Collection. (Greenland Fishery Museum.).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Associated Finds

  • SPEAR (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Wereham.

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