Record Details
NHER Number: | 8448 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Early Saxon iron spearhead |
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Summary
In 1936 an Early Saxon iron spearhead was dredged from Ranworth Dyke.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 359 155 |
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Map Sheet: | TG31NE |
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Parish: | WOODBASTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1936. Dredged from Ranworth Dyke (Dam according to Ordnance Survey - E. Rose (NAU)). 548m (600yds) northeast of Boat House.
Early Anglo-Saxon iron spearhead.
Split socket - 51cm (20.25in) long, blade 33cm (13in).
Held by NCM on loan.
See (S1).
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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 31 NE 13. |
--- | 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. Woodbastwick. |
<S1> | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1940. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part II. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII Pt II pp 215-249. p 239. |
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