Find Spot record 0144004000 - THAMES AT AMERDEN
Summary
Iron Age metalwork found in the River Thames at Amerden
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 864mm.
Iron sword, guard but no handle left. In bronze sheath formed of 2 plates held together by 2 half tubes (B6-7).
Locket has decoration of triskele with coiled terminals, & cross-hatched background, with circular panel beneath. Heart shaped chape (B9-11).
Find noted (B4,B8).
Group II, Hunsbury type (B10,B12).
An iron sword rusted into a decorated bronze scabbard (classified as Group II, Hunsbury type, probably mid-early C1st BC) was dredged from the Thames at Armerden, in or about 1891 [Sometimes described as found at Bray or Taplow]. It was presented to the British Museum, by A.W. Franks, 1893 (B9, B10, and B14).
No further information obtained (B15).
Sources (12)
- <4>SBC3522 Article in serial: P H Ditchfield. 1904. 'HISTORY OF MAIDENHEAD', IN BERKS, BUCKS & OXON ARCH.JNL.10 P44. Vol 10.
- <6>SBC1906 Unpublished document: BRITISH MUSEUM, DEC 1960 (FURTHER DETAILS FILED).
- <7>SBC8125 Article in serial: 1891. MAIDENHEAD & TAPLOW FIELD CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 8 1890-91 P47. No 8.
- <8>SBC420 Bibliographic reference: Allen J Romilly. 1904. CELTIC ART IN PAGAN & CHRISTIAN TIMES P91.
- <9>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. pp185-186.
- <10>SBC11873 Article in serial: Stuart Piggott. 1950. 'SWORDS & SCABBARDS OF THE BRITISH EARLY IRON AGE', IN PREHISTORIC SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS (NEW SERIES)16 PP6, 8 (Fig 3:4), 25. Vol 16.
- <11>SBC5440 Bibliographic reference: C Fox. 1958. PATTERN & PURPOSE PP39-41, 56 & FIG 24:4.
- <12>SBC11153 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 97 NW 28 (FILED).
- <14>SBC27605 Bibliographic reference: H Peake. 1931. Archaeology of Berkshire.
- <15>SBC28113 Verbal communication: Robert L B Work. 1953. Field Investigators Comments- F1 RLW 20-APR-53.
- <16>SBC28119 Digital archive: Historic England/Reading Mercury. 1891. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Reading Mercury, 31-10-1891.
- <17>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 91200 79600 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- SWORD / SCABBARD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12802)
Record last edited
Sep 8 2025 11:51AM
