Find Spot record 0424700000 - THAMES ABOVE BRAY LOCK

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Late Bronze Age metalwork found in the River Thames above Bray Lock

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

LATE BRONZE AGE SPEAR-HEAD, SOCKETED, CENTRAL RIB.FOUND ABOVE BRAY LOCK.(BI1)

[Area centred SU 9093 7981] A late Bronze Age spearhead was found in the river Thames above Bray Lock in September 1951. (Reading Mus. Acc. No. 110-51) (B3).

Additional bibliography (B4).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC13201 Unpublished document: READING MUSEUM, DEC 1960.
  • <2>SBC9285 Bibliographic reference: MR D SMITH TO M E FARLEY, MAY 1978.
  • <3>SBC28121 Unpublished document: Thames Conservancy Collection. Externally held reference - Thames Conservancy Loan Catalogue No.101 (Reading Museum).. No. 101.
  • <4>SBC20352 Bibliographic reference: M R Ehrenburg. 1977. Bronze Age Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon 1977. BAR 34.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 9070 7988 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SPEAR (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12748)

Record last edited

Sep 8 2025 12:21PM

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