TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

completed; length: 41mm.
46. Spearhead, small fragment of leaf-shaped blade
with wings and socket, tip missing. Solid wings, circular
socket and well-defined midrib. Edges bevelled, not
showing traces of wear; length: 37mm.
47. Spearhead, fragment of tip, probably of flameshaped
blade. Narrow sides. Defined midrib and
bevelled edges; length: 53mm.
48. Spearhead, fragment of wing and part of midrib.
Hollow wings, circular socket and well-defined midrib
with thin decorative rib running alongside it. Edge
missing; length: 36mm.
49. Spearhead; small socket fragment, curved;
length: 25mm.
50. Spearhead, very small tip fragment, solid top,
socket in lower part; length: 10mm.
51. Spearhead, flame-shaped fragment of wings and
part of midrib of flame-shaped spearhead. Hollow
wings in lower and solid in upper part, circular socket
and well-defined midrib with decorative ribs running
alongside it. Edge showing wear and damage.
Length: 46mm.
52. Spearhead, fragment of blade, tip missing. Solid
wings, circular, well defined midrib and bevelled edge;
length: 44mm.
53. Spearhead, fragment of wing and part of midrib.
Hollow wing in lower and solid in upper part, circular
socket and well-defined midrib with decorative rib
running alongside it. Edge missing. The socket seems
off-centre and the object may have been miscast;
length: 38mm.
54/55. Spearhead, two flame-shaped fragments of
wing and part of midrib. Hollow wings, circular sockets
and well-defined midribs. Bevelled edges showing wear;
lengths: 35 & 32mm.
56. Spearhead, lower end of socket with remains of
haft inside. Slightly tapering socket; length: 32–38mm.
57. Spearhead, lower end of socket with remains of
haft inside. Short, tapering, thin-walled socket with
large diameter at bottom. Small part of lower end of
blade visible. Two circular rivet holes just below lower
end of the blade; length: 21–37mm.
58. Spearhead, large flame-shaped blade fragment,
upper part slightly bent, tip missing. Hollow wings
all the way through, circular socket and well-defined
midrib. Edge bevelled and showing almost no wear.
Metal very thin; length: 74mm.
59. Spearhead, large part of socket with remains of
haft inside; long, only very slightly tapering, thickwalled
socket; length: 50–57mm.
60. Spearhead, large blade fragment from central part
of blade with part of the wooden haft remaining. Blade
hollow and leaf-shaped. Edge bevelled and showing
signs of impact damage. Small rib running alongside
midrib on either side; length: 65mm.
61. Spearhead, lower end of socket with remains of
haft inside. Short, tapering, somewhat thin-walled
socket. Two circular rivet holes below the lower end of
the blade; length: 45–48mm.
62. Spearhead, lower end of the socket with remains of
haft inside; long, tapering, comparatively thick-walled
socket. Two circular rivet holes placed opposite each
other, just below the break. Wooden rivet intact; length:
39–44mm.
63. Spearhead, lower end of the socket with remains
of haft inside. Long, almost cylindrical socket with two
rivet holes partially remaining; length: 53–60mm.
64. Spearhead, large blade fragment midsection.
Hollow wings all the way through, circular socket and
well-defined midrib. Edge bevelled and showing wear.
Socket slightly off-centre and metal very thin.
Length: 49mm.
65. Spearhead, large central blade/socket fragment,
part of haft remaining. Blade hollow and leaf-shaped
with bevelled edge; length: 60mm.
66. Spearhead, small fragment of upper part of blade,
solid midrib; length: 25mm.
67. Spearhead, central blade fragment with part of
wooden haft remaining. Blade hollow and leaf-shaped;
length: 53mm.
68/69. Spearhead, two blade fragments discovered on
top of each other, leaf-shaped with bevelled edges and
probably hollow; lengths: 51 & 45mm.
70. Spearhead, small hollow blade fragment from near
the tip, part of hilt possibly remaining; length: 30mm.
71. Spearhead, small fragment of wing and part of
midrib with organic material attached; length: 18mm.
72. Spearhead, fragment of wing and part of midrib
with organic material attached; length: 34mm.
73. Spearhead, small fragment of flame-shaped blade
with part of wing and upper part of socket. Hollow
wings, circular socket and well-defined midrib. Edges
bevelled and showing marks of wear; length: 33mm.
74. Spearhead, small fragment of socket;
length: 23mm.
75. Spearhead, fragment of wing and part of midrib
of flame-shaped spearhead, now in two parts. Hollow
wing, circular socket and well-defined midrib. Bevelled
edge; length: 25mm.
76. Spearhead, fragment of midrib or socket, organic
material still adhering; length: 22mm
77. Spearhead, small central blade/midrib fragment,
fragments of wooden shaft remaining. Object thinwalled,
blade hollow; length: 29mm.
78. Spearhead, small socket fragment, broken;
length: 27mm.
79. Spearhead, long fragment of laterally broken
midrib/blade. Blade ribbed vertically, edge bevelled;
length: 50mm.
80. Spearhead, fragment of flame-shaped wing and
part of midrib, fragments of wood adhering to inside.
Hollow wing, circular socket and well-defined midrib.
Bevelled edge not showing much wear.
Length: 19mm.
81. Spearhead, small midrib fragment; length: 32mm.
82/83. Spearhead, two small socket or midrib
fragments, a big fragment of wood adhering to inner
surface of one; lengths: 14 & 22mm.
84. Spearhead, socket fragment, about one half
remains; length: 20mm.
85. Spearhead, small thin-walled socket fragment, most
of the organic hilt remaining; length: 32mm.
86. Spearhead, large central blade/midrib fragment,
part of haft remaining. Object thin-walled, blade
hollow and leaf-shaped with bevelled edge, few marks
of wear. Only upper half of one rivet hole remains;
length: 65mm.
87. Spearhead, very small socket fragment, thin-walled;
length: 31mm.
88. Spearhead, large central blade fragment, part of
haft remaining. Blade hollow and extremely thinwalled;
midrib ill-defined. Edge bevelled showing marks
of wear; length: 55mm.
89. Spearhead, large central/side blade fragment with
part of haft remaining. Blade hollow and leaf-shaped.
Edge bevelled and damaged; length: 58mm.
90. Spearhead, large flame-shaped blade fragment,
tip missing. Hollow wings all the way through, circular
socket and ill-defined midrib. Edge bevelled and
showing wear; length: 97mm.
91. Spearhead, large central blade fragment with part
of the wooden haft remaining. Blade hollow and leafshaped.
Edge bevelled and showing signs of impact
damage. Small ribs running alongside midrib; length:
84mm.
92. Spearhead, large socket fragment. Socket thickwalled
and tapering with two rivet holes near socket;
length: 45–52mm.
93. Spearhead, fragment of socket/midrib. Very thinwalled;
length: 41mm.
94. Spearhead, fragment of laterally broken socket of
spearhead, part of the wood remaining. Thin-walled;
length: 41mm.
95. Spearhead, upper part of flame-shaped blade
excluding tip. Hollow wings, circular socket and welldefined
midrib with two thinner decorative ribs. Edges
bevelled, showing some wear; length: 82mm.
96. Spearhead, small blade fragment. Hollow with flatoval
socket and bevelled edge; length: 43mm.
97. Spearhead, small fragment of laterally broken
midrib/blade. Blade ribbed vertically, edge bevelled.
Length: 22mm.
98. Spearhead, fragment from near tip, tip itself
missing. Solid wings, circular socket and well-defined
midrib. Edges bevelled, showing some wear; length:
35mm.
99. Spearhead, large leaf-shaped blade and socket
fragment, tip missing. Wings comparatively narrow
while circular socket has large diameter. Well-defined
midrib. Edge bevelled and showing much wear;
length: 64mm.
100. Spearhead, small blade fragment including part
of one wing and upper part of socket. Hollow wings,
circular socket and well-defined midrib. Edge bevelled;
length: 29mm.
101. Spearhead, thick-walled fragment of blade from
near the tip; length: 26mm.
102. Spearhead, fragment of tip, very narrow, midrib
ill-defined; length: 34mm.
103/104. Spearhead blade fragment, hollow blade;
lengths: 35 & 21mm.
105. Spearhead, blade fragment from near tip;
length: 12mm.
106. Six sword fragments, the first three joining: a tang
and upper part of hilt, length: 35mm; a central part
of hilt, length: 24mm. A lower part of hilt and part of
blade, very worn, length: 77mm; two blade fragments,
lengths: 111 & 70mm; tip fragment, length: 49mm.
107/108. Sword, two blade fragments, probably from
towards the tips; lengths: 35 & 42mm.
109/110. Sword, two small hilt fragments, both broken
at rivet holes; lengths: 26 & 21mm.
111. Possible sword tip fragment, very worn, edges
missing; length: 60mm.
112. Rapier, possible blade fragment; length: 20mm.
113. Ferrule, almost complete with part of the organic
hilt still inside. Object thin-walled, surface cracked.
No. 114 adhering to lower part of ferrule with organic
material between; length: 194mm.
114. Domed object, slightly damaged, very thin-walled.
Possibly a button, similar to nos. 115/116; diameter:
26mm.
115/116. Two buttons, complete except for outer
edges. Dome-shaped tops with semicircular loop on
reverse; surviving diameters: 28 & 19mm.
117. One half of copper-alloy ring; diameter
(outer): 33mm.
118. Small socket and wood fragments and centre
fragment, possibly two tools: a tanged, collared awl
(bent) and a smaller socketed tool. Awl: length: 38mm;
socketed tool: three very small fragments of copperalloy
socket of smaller tool; approx. 7 x 7mm each.
119/120. Five fragments of wooden haft of a
spearhead; max. dimension: 27mm.
121. Part of wooden shaft, possibly with metal
attached to it; length: 23mm.
122. Unidentified object, almost square sheet, possibly
a harness mount with two possible rivet holes;
length: 25mm.
123. Unidentified object of copper-alloy sheet;
length: 32mm.
Further organic material: approx. 6–7 fairly large pieces
of wood, the largest 115 x 35 x 20mm. Unlikely to be
part of hilt or similar, but possibly wood from inside of
hollow spearhead or part of container.
Description of cache b:
124. Spearhead, large fragment of blade and socket.
Leaf-shaped spearhead with solid wings. Large socket
diameter; length: 112mm.
125. Spearhead, small tip fragment; length: 24mm.
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