Find Spot record MCC1261 - Viking-style Axe, River Colne, Colchester

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Viking-style Axe, River Colne, recorded in c.1917.

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Grid reference TL 9976 2566 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Large Iron Axe with winged blade (of type IV London Museum Catalogue 1954, 59-65).<1> This is a Viking type that was current in England over the late Saxon and Norman period.<2> Exchanged as part of a group lot, apparently from River Colne dredging.<1>

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  • <1> LIST: Colchester Museums. 1912-1923. Colchester Museum Accession Register 1912-1923. COLEM 1917.3565.

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Jan 23 2017 1:16PM

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