Find Spot record 1573500000 - Thames find

Summary

Saxon spreahead recovered from the Thames near Boulter's Lock

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

A Saxon spearhead found in the Thames near Boulter's Lock, Cliveden is in Reading Museum (B1).

In Thames Conservancy Collection, now on loan to Reading Museum. Dated 6th c. and found in 1932. (3).
Found Oct. 1932. Acc. No. 280: 47. (B2).

NRHE Update 1997 (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC28336 Serial: 1933. ANTIQUITY A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF ARCHAEOLOGY VOLUME 7. p.100.
  • <2>SBC27612 Verbal communication: J Palmer. 1963. Field Investigator Comments - F1 JP 04-JAN-63.
  • <3>SBC28337 Unpublished document: Thames Conservancy Collection Catalogue No. 30 (Reading Museum).
  • <4>XYSBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). [Mapped feature: #52140 ]

Location

Grid reference SU 9037 8239 (point) GIS based on NRHE description 'near Boulter's Lock'
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SPEAR (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 10 2025 2:49PM

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