Find Spot record 1573700000 - Thames find - Saxon Spearhead

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Late Saxon spearhead

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  • FINDSPOT (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

Late Saxon spearhead from the Thames between Maidenhead Bridge and Boulter's Lock in June, 1954. Acc. No. 34 : 54.
On loan to Reading Museum (B1 and 2).


NRHE update 1997 (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC28338 Verbal communication: G H Pitcher. 1963. Field Investigators Comments - F1 GHP 10-JAN-63.
  • <2>SBC28339 Unpublished document: Thames Conservancy Collection. Thames Conservancy Collection Loan Catalogue, Reading Museum, No 129.
  • <3>XYSBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). [Mapped feature: #52144 ]

Location

Grid reference SU 902 818 (point) NRHE description between Boltour's Lock and Maidenhead Bridge.
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 3:51PM

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