1884.138.26.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Iron arrow-head; now broken into 2 pieces

Long description

Iron arrow-head with shaft broken in two. Heavily corroded. [CG [Excav. PR] 24/01/2013]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Kent Shepway Folkestone Castle Hill [Caesar's Camp] "Pit 2"

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Medieval

Date collected

1878 June 14

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Iron Metal, Process Cast

Dimensions

Thick: max 11 mm, Thick: max 5 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Width: max 9 mm, Length: max 66 mm, Length: max 25 mm, Weight 1 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.138.26.1 Accession number: 1884.138.26.2 Other numbers: 26 PR no.: ?601/ 12191

Research and responses

Described by Pitt-Rivers (1883: 463) as "Iron arrow-head ; found in filling in Pit 2, June 14th", as "An iron arrow-head with a tubular socket. It is leaf-shaped, and of mediaeval form, 2.6 inches (0.065 m) in length, including the socket" (1883: 439), and illustrated as Fig. 1 on Plate XVIII [CG [Excav. PR] 24/01/2013][Dan Hicks 20/03/2013]

Further information and research notes on this site compiled in the 1970s by Revd. AH Gibson are held at Folkestone Library (see correspondence and copies of Gibson's notes in RDF) [JC 7.11.96]

Associated publications

Pitt-Rivers, A.H.L.F. 1883. Excavations at Caesar’s Camp, near Folkestone conducted in 1878. Archaeologia 47: 429-465 - illustrated as Fig. 1 on Plate XVIII. [Dan Hicks 20/03/2013]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Arrow-head