Find Spot record 0146500004 - HEDSOR WHARF

Summary

Iron Age metalwork found in excavation of wooden structure at Hedsor Wharf

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0155 mm
IRON SPEARHEAD FOUND WHILE DIGGING A CESSPOOL IN 1894. SPEARHEAD HAS OPEN SOCKET & 2 RIVET OR PIN HOLES ON EACH SIDE. NECK BETWEEN BLADE & SOCKET IS ORNAMENTED WITH 3 TRANSVERSE BANDS, REPRESENTING CONVENTIONALISED STRING ATTACHMENT TO SHAFT (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC3061 Article in serial: Alfred Heneage Cocks. 1895-1897. 'ROMANO-BRITISH PILE DWELLING AT HEDSOR', IN PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON, 2ND SERIES 16 PP 7-15. Vol 16.

Location

Grid reference SU 90330 86090 (point)
Civil Parish HEDSOR, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SOCKETED SPEARHEAD (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12340)

Record last edited

May 21 2022 12:40PM

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