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HER Number (PRN):02651
Name:Find found in late 19th century of a small spearhead at Castle Bryn Amlwg
Type of Record:Find Spot
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 700 BC)

Summary

The blade portion of a small spearhead of Bronze Age date, presented to the Powysland Museum, Welshpool, in 1874 by the Earl of Powis.

Parish:Bettws-Y-Crwyn, South Shropshire, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO18SE
Grid Reference:SO 16 84

Related records

01187Related to: Castell Bryn Amlwyg (Monument)
02652Related to: Find before 1874 of a Horse Trapping in the vicinity of Castle Bryn Amlwg (Find Spot)
02650Related to: Find found in late 19th century of a flat axe at Castle Bryn Amlwg (Find Spot)

Associated Finds

  • FSA1020 - SPEAR (Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

In 1874, the Earl of Powis presented to the Powysland Museum, Welshpool, the blade portion of a small spearhead, probably of Greenwell and Parker Brewis Class Iv type with loops near the base of the now missing socket. Exact find spot not recorded. Described as found at Castle Bryn Amlwg <1>


<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards, SMR Card for PRN SA 02651 (Card index). SSA20722.


<01> Chitty Lily F, 1927/ 1928, Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society, pv-vi (Article in serial). SSA1189.


<02> Prehistoric Research Group, List compiled by the Shropshire Prehistoric Research Group (Index). SSA569.


<03> Birmingham University, Print out (Index). SSA573.


<04> Ward, 1933/ 1934, Article in Montgomeryshire Collections, p137, plate 16, fig A (Article in serial). SSA7516.


<05> Jerman H N, 1934, Some unrecorded finds from East Central Wales, with observations on the distribution of find-sites in the region of the Upper Severn., p118 (Article in serial). SSA7515.

Sources

[00]SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 02651.
[01]SSA1189 - Article in serial: Chitty Lily F. 1927/ 1928. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 4, Vol XI (=Vol 44). pv-vi.
[02]SSA569 - Index: Prehistoric Research Group. List compiled by the Shropshire Prehistoric Research Group.
[03]SSA573 - Index: Birmingham University. Print out.
[04]SSA7516 - Article in serial: Ward. 1933/ 1934. Article in Montgomeryshire Collections. Montgomeryshire Coll. Vol 43. p137, plate 16, fig A.
[05]SSA7515 - Article in serial: Jerman H N. 1934. Some unrecorded finds from East Central Wales, with observations on the distribution of find-sites in the region of the Upper Severn.. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Vol 89. p112-134. p118.
Date Last Edited:Mar 5 2009 4:32PM

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