Find Spot record 0424700002 - THAMES ABOVE BRAY LOCK

Summary

Early Iron Age metalwork found in the River Thames above Bray Lock - Early Iron Age bronze sword

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Description

BRONZE SWORD, EARLY IRON AGE. FOUND UPSTREAM OF HEADPILE EYOT (B1).

An EIA bronze sword was found in the River Thames upstream of Headpile Eyot [SU 90717982] in September 1951 (Reading Mus. Acc. No. 111:51) (B2)

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC13201 Unpublished document: READING MUSEUM, DEC 1960.
  • <2>SBC28120 Unpublished document: Thames Conservancy Collection. Externally held reference - Thames Conservancy Loan Catalogue No.102 (Reading Museum).. No. 102.
  • <3>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)

  • SWORD (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12748)

Record last edited

Sep 8 2025 12:04PM

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