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SPEAR
Unique ID: LIN-2939BF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An iron spear head dating from the 7th - 9th century. It is angular and has a split socket. It probably fits into Swanton Group E2 which was in use for a long time. The blade is kite shaped with short concave upper sides. It is lozenge shaped in section. The socket is intact and is U shaped. The socket is 18.25 mm wide and 16.71 mm thick at its widest point. The socket is about 48.20 mm long. The neck between the socket and blade is oval in section and is decorated with at least three circumferential moulded ridges near the socket. The neck curves into the shoulders of the blade. The shoulders are 49.86 mm wide and 3.00 mm thick. The blade tapers from the shoulders to the tip and has straight sides.
Compare NMS-BCAB82 and SWYOR-EB7AA1.
Notes:
The finder notes that it was found on the bed of the River Glen at Carlby.
Class: Swanton Group E2
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 600
Date to: Exactly AD 800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 248 mm
Width: 51.42 mm
Thickness: 5.53 mm
Weight: 188 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Carlby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0413
Four figure Latitude: 52.70468935
Four figure longitude: -0.46222941
1:25K map: TF0413
1:10K map: TF01SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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