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HER Number (PRN):00844
Name:Find Spot in 1825 of spearhead from Petton Moat
Type of Record:Find Spot
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

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

Summary

A Leaf shaped and looped Bronze Age spearhead was found in Petton Moat (PRN 01129) in 1825.

Parish:Petton, North Shropshire, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ42NW
Grid Reference:SJ 442 264

Related records

01129Related to: Petton Park Moat (Monument)

Associated Finds

  • FSA1014 - SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 700 BC)

Associated Events

  • ESA836 - 1961 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
  • ESA837 - 1973 field observation by the Ordnance Survey

Description

Leaf shaped and looped spearhead found in Petton Moat (PRN 01129), in 1825 <1a><3><4>

[centred: SJ 44272648] A perfect specimen of a Class IV type bronze spear-head found in Petton Moat in 1825. Leaf shaped and looped. In Shrewsbury Museum. AO/61/207/1 <2>

Leaf shaped blade, side looped spearhead. Rowlands Gp I, Length 160mm; width (blade) 30mm. Cf PRN 01647; PRN 00775. <2><5>

The spear-head is on display in Shrewsbury Museum (Acc No B 24). It was found while cleaning out Petton Moat and presented by the Rev W Peppercorn. <7>

Sources

[00]SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00844.
[01a]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). piv-v (with illus).
[01b]SSA3130 - Article in serial: Anon. 1909. Archaeologia. Archaeologia. Vol 61. p439-472. pp.439-472.
[01]SSA3131 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1973. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ42NW7. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ42NW7.
[02]SSA566 - Article in serial: Chitty Lily F. 1925/ 1926. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 4, Vol X (=Vol 43). pviii.
[03]SSA178 - Volume: Page W (ed). 1908. Victoria County History Volume 1. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 1. p203.
[04]SSA2524 - Volume: Anon. 1898. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society. Transactions Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 2, Vol X (=Vol 21). p105, J3.
[05]SSA568 - Volume: Rowlands M. 1976. The Production and Distribution of Metalwork in the Middle Bronze Age in S Britain. BAR British Series. Vol 31. p373, No 1355.
[06]SSA569 - Index: Prehistoric Research Group. List compiled by the Shropshire Prehistoric Research Group.
[07]SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 JR 25-NOV-61; F2 DJC 19-JUL-73.
Date Last Edited:Feb 5 2021 11:22AM

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