Find Spot record MCC1257 - Anglo-Saxon Seax Blade, River Colne, Colchester

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Anglo-Saxon Seax Blade, River Colne, found in c.1880.

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Grid reference TL 99764 25655 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Iron Blade of an Anglo-Saxon seax (a type of sword or dagger with a single-edged blade) with thick back and tapering curved point. Length including tang (4 3/4) 24 1/2 ", width of blade 2 1/8". Found whilst dredging River at Colchester about 1880.<1><2>
LOCATED TO RIVER ONLY

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  • <1> LIST: Colchester Museums. 1912-1923. Colchester Museum Accession Register 1912-1923. COLEM1916.3389.
  • <2> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1981. CAR 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. 1. p.19.

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Jan 23 2017 1:54PM

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