Find Spot record 0059500000 - FOOT OF CASTLE HILL, BUCKINGHAM

Summary

Viking spearhead found during groundworks.

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0450 mm Width 0052
VIKING SPEARHEAD WITH LONG BLADE SHARPLY POINTED & PRONOUNCED ANGLE AT BASE OF BLADE. FOUND BY MR GREGORY WHILST EXCAVATING FOR DRAINAGE OR FOUNDATIONS NEAR SITE OF MOAT OF CASTLE ABOUT 1896 (B1-2).

SP 695339. Viking spearhead found by Mr Gregory when digging at the foot of Castle Hill near the site of the moat in about 1896. In Buckingham County Museum Acc No 23 63 (B2).
NRHE insert 1997 (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC1170 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,23.63.
  • <2>SBC13636 Bibliographic reference: RECS.OF BUCKS 1963 17 P203.
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 69500 33900 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SPEAR (9th Century to 10th Century - 800 AD to 999 AD)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12805)

Record last edited

Dec 22 2025 2:12PM

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