Find Spot record 2300/0/1 - Unstratified Iron Age Finds, near Aldwincle

A group of Iron Age finds was found by a drag-line operator while digging clay in the winter of 1968-9 including a Late Iron Age iron sword in a wooden scabbard with decorated bronze bindings. No other finds were noticed at the time.

{1} A bent iron sword blade, measuring 922 by 48mm, together with eight sheet bronze mounts with repousse ornamentation, originally holding together a wooden scabbard. Of Piggott's Group V or 'Battersea' type, mainly of continental La Tene III ancestry. Found in a dried-up river bed in 1968/9. Detailed description of find.

{5} (SP99918010) Belgic iron sword in wooden scabbard with bronze bindings found January, 1967. Dated to the first half of the 1stc it is in Westfield Museum, Kettering.

{6,7} The above find was made during extensive gravel excavation, the sword was picked up by a five ton grab and no other finds are known.

<1> MEGAW J.V.S., 1976, An Iron Age Sword With Decorated Scabbard Mounts of Piggott's Group V From Thrapston, Northamptonshire, p.165-170 (unchecked) (Article). SNN107520.

<2> Ordnance Survey, OS 6 Inch Mapping Series (SP98SE), SP98SE (unchecked) (Map). SNN55213.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.184 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP98SE10 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<5> Annotated Record Map, Corr 6" FV Lyall 1970 (Map). SNN112961.

<6> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Oral F V Lyall (Curator Kettering Museum) (Oral Report). SNN111577.

<7> Colquhoun, FD, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 FDC 12-AUG-70 (Notes). SNN111540.

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Jan 11 2023 2:32PM