Find Spot record 0048800003 - CASTLE HILL HOUSE

Summary

Records of Saxon metalwork recorded in excavation of 1901

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

IRON WEAPON SAID TO HAVE BEEN POSSIBLY A SWORD (B2).
NECKLACE OF GLASS BEADS & IRON WEAPON, POSSIBLY A SWORD, WERE LEFT WITH THE SKELETON IN THE GRAVE (B6).

Sources (2)

  • <2>SBC1959 Bibliographic reference: BRUCE-MITFORD R L S 1952 ANGLO SAXON GOLD PENDANT FROM HIGH WYCOMBE IN BRITISHMUSEUMQUARTERLY15P72&P.
  • <6>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p59.

Location

Grid reference SU 86760 93180 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SWORD (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11983)

Record last edited

Feb 15 2023 10:26PM

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