Find Spot record 0488601001 - THAMES AT MAIDENHEAD BRIDGE
Summary
Bronze Age metalwork found in the River Thames at Maidenhead Bridge
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Description
1 SOCKETED SPEARHEAD FOUND BY W EAST AT MAIDENHEAD RAILWAY BRIDGE (B3). 3 LATE BRONZE AGE SPEARHEADS FOUND DOWNSTREAM OF MAIDENHEAD RAILWAY BRIDGE (B3). LISTS SPEARHEADS FOUND IN THAMES AT MAIDENHEAD (B5). NGR TO THAMES AT MAIDENHEAD BRIDGE (B4).
A Middle Bronze Age socketed spearhead with basal loops (Acc. No.115.52) and a Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead with a bronze single rivet (Acc.No. 119.52) were recovered from the river Thames below Maidenhead Railway Bridge in June 1952 (B8).
These spearheads are in the Thames Conservancy collection on loan to Reading Museum. (Accession Nos. 68; 52 and 99, 52) (B9).
NRHE update 1997 (B11)
Sources (7)
- <3>SBC13201 Unpublished document: READING MUSEUM, DEC 1960.
- <4>SBC75 Verbal communication: A R PIKE, FROM OS 1961 6 INCH MAP.
- <5>SBC4509 Bibliographic reference: EHRENBERG M R 1977 BRONZE AGE SPEARHEADS FROM BERK S,BUCKS & OXON IN BAR34P40"".
- <8>SBC28326 Bibliographic reference: Reading Museum. Reading Museum Index Card.
- <9>SBC28327 Verbal communication: E Geary. 1963. Field Investigators Comments - F1 EG 04-JAN-63.
- <10>SBC28328 Digital archive: Thames Conservancy Collection. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Thames Conservancy Coll. Loan Catalogue. Reading Museum. No 29.
- <11>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 90200 80900 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12712)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12713)
Record last edited
Nov 7 2025 3:12PM
