Find Spot record MCC1259 - Anglo-Saxon Seax, River Colne, Colchester

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

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Grid reference TL 9976 2565 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Anglo-Saxon Seax (a type of sword or dagger with a single-edged blade) dredged up from River Colne c.1880. The axe is 547mm long and 58mm across at the widest part of the blade.<1><2>

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  • <1> LIST: Colchester Museums. 1912-1923. Colchester Museum Accession Register 1912-1923. COLEM 1916.3390.
  • <2> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1981. CAR 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. 1. p.19.

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Jan 23 2017 1:16PM

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