Record ID: LON-F92404 - EARLY MEDIEVAL point

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POINT

Unique ID: LON-F92404

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Bone point which may date to the late Early Medieval

A bone point which may date to the late Early Medieval but is essentially undateable. This bone point has been crudely worked on the long bone of an animal; one end has been roughly shaped to form a point. There is some evidence of wear. The opposite end to the point is roughly broken.

Dimensions: length: 106.01mm; width: 12.07mm; thickness: 6.95mm; weight: 10.23g.

Identification by Jackie Keily, Curator, Museum of London.

Notes:

This group of material LON-F92404; LON-F92CF1; LON-F92F30; LON-F932D8 were all found together within a small area (within 3m) on a patch of the foreshore that is eroding.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Length: 106.01 mm
Width: 12.07 mm
Thickness: 6.95 mm
Weight: 10.23 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Animal skeletal material [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Hand made [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: Wandsworth
Parish: Putney

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ2376
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Other chance find [scope notes]
General landuse: Open fresh water [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Running water [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Jackie Keily - [view all attributed records]

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