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SPEAR
Unique ID: LIN-10DFC5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Anglo-Saxon iron spear, dating circa 550-650. The spear has a flat tapering blade with an incomplete conical shaft. The shaft is not fully rounded. The blade is of maximum width close to the socket.
The spear measures 298mm in length. The blade measures 242mm in length and 38mm in width at the widest point. The socket measures 12mm in diameter at the break.
An attempt was made to classify and date this weapon using the system defined in Bayliss and Hines (2013, 163-170) which uses ratios between spearhead's various elements. These allowed the spearhead the spearhead to be tentatively placed in Type SP3-a (parallel-sided spearhead), which appears to date to the second half of the sixth century (Bayliss and Hines 2013, 336).
Class:
Type SP3-a
Sub class: Parallel-sided
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 550
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 298 mm
Width: 38 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st May 2017 - Wednesday 31st May 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Alford area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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