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Record ID: WMID-164B47
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wrought iron medieval arrowhead of 'spearpoint' type. The corroded arrowhead has a circular socket which is damaged but when complete would have measured approximately 10.5 mm in diameter. The head is triangular in shape with very short barbs. It is lozenge shaped in section. The arrowhead measures 56.42 mm long, 15.59 mm wide, 9.36 mm thick and weighs 6.3 grams.
Arrowheads found outside a dated archaeological context are difficult to date precisely. Their typological sequences do not necessarily correspond to a chronological development and so attempting to date them on sty…
Created on: Friday 22nd October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: WMID-050787
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large and fairly well preserved wrought iron axe head of probable medieval date, almost certainly a woodman's axe. Iron axes are notoriously difficult to date when discovered outside of a dated archaeological context as the general form of axes has continued from at least as early as the Roman period (Manning 1976, 3). However, it has been suggested that as a general rule medieval axes are larger than those of earlier date, and normally had a simple socket, lacking the projecting hammer-end seen in many Roman examples (Ward-Perkins 1940, 56). This example has a blade which is almost …
Created on: Thursday 21st October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 21st October 2010
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