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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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Spear | NCL-953034 |
Roman | Northumberland |
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| An incomplete, iron spearhead of probable Roman date, c. 50-410. The spear is very corroded, with considerable expansion through the corrosion process, distorting the shape and measurements. The majority of the blade is missing, but the remaining elements indicated a leaf-shaped blade on a socket... | |||||
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Spear | NARC-2D4B16 |
Roman | Northamptonshire |
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| A wrought iron spearhead of probable Roman date (50 -300 AD). The spearhead has a slender profile with a leaf-shaped blade. The tip is broken. there is no discernable mid-rib, which may be distorted through corrosion. the blade has a maximum width of 22mm. The base of the blade thickens and expan... | |||||
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Spear | LON-20E067 |
Roman | Greater London |
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| A corroded iron spearhead of probable Roman date. The tip of the spear is leaf shaped, with curving sides and is flat in profile apart from corrosion product. The neck is a complete ring, is hollow (to take the shaft) and is slightly bulbous, although this could be a distortion caused by corrosio... | |||||
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Spear | SWYOR-F87C37 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| Part of a cast, copper alloy artefact, possibly the cover from the butt of a Roman spear, dating from 43-410AD, though it may also be part of the handle from a vessel of some sort. The artefact is hollow and filled with hard packed earth. A shaft tapers from a broken inner edge towards the outer ... | |||||
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Spear | BERK-310031 |
Roman | Oxfordshire |
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| A miniature copper alloy spearhead, probably votive in use. The spearhead is Iron Age in style, with a hexagonal base tapering into a point. The small shaft, or tang, is circular and smaller than the base of the spearhead. The spearhead measures 22.97mm long and has a maximum diameter of 15.44... | |||||
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Spear | YORYM-EFBB77 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| A complete cast copper alloy Door Knob Spear Butt of Roman or Early-Medieval date, circa 200-300 AD or 500-600 AD. The object comprises a hollow circular shaft, tapering slightly from the open end before expanding where it joins the door knob terminal proper; the terminal measures 47.1mm in diam... | |||||
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Spear | DENO-C19401 |
Roman | Derbyshire |
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| Late Roman or early Early Medieval cast copper alloy door-knob type spear butt. Hollow cylindrical shaft, tapering slightly (diameter at top 19.6mm, diameter at base c.15mm) to where it joins the hollow expanded sub-circular terminal (circular in plan, oval in section); roughly one third of this ... | |||||
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Spear | DENO-7DF354 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| Roman spear butt; cast copper alloy door knob type spear ferrule, probably dating to the late Roman or early Early Medieval period. The butt has a large, hollow, flattened circular base with a narrow, cylindrical shaft which flares slightly towards the top end. There is a ridge at the joint of th... | |||||
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Spear | LIN-BC8ED3 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| Iron spear with integral shaft. The shaft is solid and vesica-shaped in cross-section. The blade is leaf shaped and is missing some of its tip and perimeter. The surface is very corroded. The shaft measures 12.9mm x 11.91mm. | |||||
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Spear | BH-6FEEE4 |
Roman | Hertfordshire |
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| A heavily corroded fragment of an iron spearhead of probable Roman date. The suggested dating of this piece is based on the form of the socket (see below), several examples of which can be seen in the "Catalogue of the Romano-British Iron tools, fittings and weapons in the British Museum" (W.H. M... | |||||
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Spear | BUC-249221 |
Roman | Buckinghamshire |
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| An iron spear head with a circular-sectioned socket. The blade is lozenge-shaped and flat. It is now bent where it meets the socket and the tip has been lost. | |||||
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Spear | LANCUM-D60745 |
Roman | Cumbria |
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| Tip of cu-alloy spear- or arrowhead, probably arrowhead. It is more likely that it is an arrowhead of possibly Iron Age or Roman date because of the unusual square midrib (Bronze Age spearheads usually have a circular midrib). Furthermore, the socket seems to have had quite a small diameter sugge... | |||||
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Spear | GLO-41E0E8 |
Roman | Gloucestershire |
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| Cast copper alloy Door Knob style Spear Butt length 43mm, diameter 33mm, thickness 2mm, weight 45.16g The object is formed by a hollow circular shaft, 14mm in diameter at the top, where it tapers slightly toward the terminal. The sides are 2mm thick but do undulate to 1.5mm thick. The termi... | |||||
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Spear | SUSS-D6A774 |
Roman | West Sussex |
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| A Roman spear-head dating to the mid 1st century AD. The spearhead fits into Manning’s Group 1A classification and it is a small-bladed spearhead. The spearhead has been carefully made with a welded socket. The socket is a closed type, but now has a damaged mouth due to corrosion. The mouth ... | |||||
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Spear | LANCUM-355671 |
Roman | Gloucestershire |
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| Roman iron spearhead with flame-shaped blade, broken in two part: blade and socket. The flame-shaped blade has a lozenge cross-section while the socket has a circular cross-section. It is in a good condition. | |||||
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Spear | NARC-C0BDD7 |
Roman | Northamptonshire |
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| An incomplete cast iron spear of uncertain date, possibly Roman or early-medieval. The spearhead is leaf-shaped with minimal space between the point at which the blade turns in and the shaft. The shaft, a useful diagnostic element, has unfortunately been broken close to the blade and the remain... | |||||
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Spear | HAMP-EFC828 |
Roman | Hampshire |
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| Copper alloy Door Knob Spear Butt of Roman or Early-Medieval date, c. 200-300 AD or 500-600 AD.The object is formed by a hollow circular shaft, tapering slightly from the open end before expanding where it joins the terminal (D. 22-17.7-34.7mm. Th. 3.8mm). The terminal is circular and also holl... | |||||
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Spear | BUC-6558A6 |
Roman | Buckinghamshire |
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| An iron spearhead, possibly a pilum. This object has a 70mm long, pyramidal head, which broadens to 13mm across at the widest point. This narrows into an 8mm thick square sectioned shaft. This example is similar in shape and size to 1st century AD plium heads found at Hod Hill, Dorset (Manning 19... | |||||
| Spear | KENT2274 |
Roman | Kent |
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| Heavily corroded socketed spear head, with midrib. Asymmetric and straight baldewith sided angular blade and angle near base. Broken tip and around socket. | |||||
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