Find Spot record 0144004000 - THAMES AT AMERDEN

Summary

Iron Age metalwork found in the River Thames at Amerden

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  • None recorded

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

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).

Sources (8)

  • <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SBC1906 Unpublished document: BRITISH MUSEUM, DEC 1960 (FURTHER DETAILS FILED).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SBC11153 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator.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).

Location

Grid reference SU 91200 79600 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SWORD (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12802)

Record last edited

May 30 2022 2:42PM

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