Find Spot record MLI40204 - HOARD OF BRONZE SPEARHEADS FOUND, WILDMORE
Summary
HOARD OF BRONZE SPEARHEADS FOUND, WILDMORE
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A hoard of bronze spearheads were dug out of peat at Wildmore Fen, Hundle Houses (TF2553) in 1822. These spearheads are now lost.{1}
A bronze hoard, found at Hundle Houses in AD 1822 and recorded in the Cragg manuscripts. Some spearheads were dug up here, some with gold gilding remaining fresh upon them.{2}
P. Davey records these spearheads in his gazetteer of Bronze Age metalwork from Lincolnshire. {5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI2842 Index: OS CARD INDEX. WILDMORE. TF25SE1 -.
- <2> SLI3383 Index: SMR FILE. WILDMORE. TF25SE:B,1935, PHILLIPS, C.W..
- <3> SLI322 Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1934. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 1' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL 90 P 141.
- <4> SLI323 Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1935. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL 91 P 172.
- <5> SLI274 Article in Serial: P.J. Davey. 1973. 'Bronze Age Metalwork from Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia. vol.104, p.118.
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Location
Grid reference | TF 2500 5300 (point) |
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Civil Parish | WILDMORE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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