- Object name(s):
- Blacknall Field; spear; iron spearhead
- Brief description:
- 1 Early Saxon, iron spearhead with a conical socket, with one rivet remaining in situ, blade has a central rib, found as a stray find south of the excavation area, from the pagan Saxon cemetery called 'Black Patch' at Blacknall Field, Pewsey, Wiltshire, excavated by Ken Annable and the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1969-1976.
- Collection:
- Wiltshire Museum
- Associated concept:
- archaeology
- Associated concept:
- early medieval
- Associated concept:
- early saxon
- Associated date:
- 1969
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1969
- Associated date:
- Period
- Date - period:
- saxon
- Associated organisation:
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
- Associated place:
- SU154582
- Place coordinates:
- SU154582
- Associated place:
- Pewsey
- Associated place:
- Wiltshire
- Place status:
- cemetery
- Associated place:
- Blacknall Field
- Association note:
- Finds from the pagan Saxon cemetery called 'Black Patch' at Blacknall Field, Pewsey, Wiltshire, excavated by Ken Annable and the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1969-1976
- Association note:
- sponsor: Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
- Condition:
- good
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 203
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 30
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 15
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 203
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 30
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 15
- Distinguishing features:
- Draft report
- Field collection date:
- 1969
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1969
- Date - latest:
- 1976
- Field collection method:
- excavation
- Field collection place:
- Place context:
- stray find
- Field collection place:
- Wiltshire
- Place status:
- cemetery
- Field collection place:
- Pewsey
- Field collection place:
- Field collection place:
- Place reference number:
- 1990.1
- Field collection place:
- Blacknall Field
- Field collector:
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- iron
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- Blacknall Field; spear; iron spearhead
- Object number:
- DZSWS:1990.1.17
- Use reference number:
- previous number
- User's reference:
- Final excavation report by Bruce Eagles expected December 2006
- User's reference:
- The Anglo Saxon Cemetery at Blacknall Field, Pewsey, Wiltshire
- Reference author / editor:
- Annable, F K and B N Eagles
- Reference publication date:
- 2010
- Reference publisher:
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0806fdc5-7419-3010-8387-7cfe51094893
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0806fdc5-7419-3010-8387-7cfe51094893, Wiltshire Museum, CC BY-NC
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