Find Spot record MLI89317 - Anglo-Saxon spear head found at 7 St Clements Road, Ruskington

Summary

Anglo-Saxon spear head found at 7 St Clements Road, Ruskington

Type and Period (1)

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 64168 An Anglo-Saxon iron socketed spearhead was found at 7 St Clements Road in 1980. {1} It is suggested that the spear may have come from a grave. [Although this would imply that either the known cemetery - PRN 64179 - is bigger than was thought, or that there is another cemetery.] {2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Index: Ruskington SMR File. RUSKINGTON. TF 05 SE; AX.
  •  Correspondence: Ambrose, T.M.. 1980. Letter regarding the donation of an Anglo-Saxon spearhead to Lincoln Museum. 16/09/80.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 07900 50950 (point) Approximate
Civil Parish RUSKINGTON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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