Find Spot record MLI41850 - Unlocated Anglo-Saxon sword and other finds from Horncastle

Summary

Unlocated Anglo-Saxon sword and other finds from Horncastle

Type and Period (1)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 41850 An Anglo-Saxon sword approximately 3 feet long and 1.5 inches wide was found in Horncastle and is now in Hull museum. {1} This is probably the sword from the burial noted by T. Sheppard, which was associated with an Anglo-Saxon sword, and two iron socketed spears heads. {2}{3}{4}{5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Index: SMR FILE. HORNCASTLE. TF 26 NE C,1978, TMA.
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. HORNCASTLE. TF 26 NE 8,1964, HARPER F R.
  •  Serial: SHEPPARD, T.. 1918. LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES AND QUERIES. VOL 15, PP 97-8.
  •  Serial: SHEPPARD, T.. 1918. LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES AND QUERIES. VOL 15 P97.
  •  Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1934. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 1' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL 91 P148.

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Location

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Civil Parish HORNCASTLE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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