Find Spot record 0147300000 - THAMES AT HEDSOR WHARF

Summary

Ninth to eleventh century metalwork found in Thames at Hedsor Wharf - Carolingian winged spearhead

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (5th Century Saxon to 11th Century - 410 AD to 1066 AD)

Description

WINGED CAROLINGIAN TYPE. UPPER PART DAMAGED BY CORROSION, BUT LOWER PART, OCTAGONAL SOCKET AND WINGS ARE GOOD AND SHOW HIGH QUALITY OF METAL WORKING (B1). NGR TO HEDSOR WHARF (B2).


A Carolingian winged spearhead found at Hedsor (SU 9186) in 1958; now in Reading Museum (Acc No 327-58). (B2)

Sited to SU 9044 8603 (B3).

No further information (B4).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC1682 Bibliographic reference: BERKS ARCH JNL 1959 57 P119 FIG9.
  • <2>SBC10427 Map: OS 1961 SIX INCH MAP.
  • <3>SBC28265 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 1473.
  • <4>SBC28155 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 20-SEP-74.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 90400 86000 (point)
Civil Parish HEDSOR, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SPEAR (9th Century to 11th Century - 800 AD to 1099 AD)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12715)

Record last edited

Oct 22 2025 12:00PM

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