Find Spot record 2415/0/1 - Undated, unstratified spearhead, Barnwell

A spearhead was found by workmen digging a drain near Barnwell Castle. A wooden handle or shaft disintegrated when the item was moved.

{1} Find made during development; a bronze spearhead was found by labourers digging a drain near Barnwell Castle; the handle or shaft fell to pieces when it was moved;

{2} Location suggested to be around TL050853 but no authority quoted;

{5} No further information.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, TL08NW16 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Nene Valley Research Committee SMR Records, (checked) (Index). SNN4499.

<3> 1798, The Gentleman's Magazine (1798), p.92 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN7364.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.12 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77379.

<5> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 1-OCT-69 (Note). SNN111452.

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Jun 2 2023 2:18PM