Find Spot record MWX474 - Socketed spearheads found at Jordan Hill, Weymouth

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Summary

Two Late Bronze Age socketed spearheads found at Jordan Hill, probably in the late nineteenth century. Now in the collection of the Dorset County Museum.

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Full Description

Two Bronze Age socketed spearheads, one 6 3/8 ins long with rivet hole, the other 5 3/4 ins long with the edges, in the Warne collection in Dorset County Museum, from Jordan Hill (1). Two Late Bronze Age spearheads (2). The spearheads were seen in the museum. No further information regarding more precise locations for these finds was obtained during field investigation. (3)


<1> Moule H J, 1900, Dorset-found Celtic and Roman Bronze Objects in the Dorset County Museum, p58 (Article in serial). SWX2269.

<2> Externally held archive reference Display Card Dorset County Museum (Index). SWX2270.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 05-AUG-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 4526443 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Article in serial: Moule H J. 1900. Dorset-found Celtic and Roman Bronze Objects in the Dorset County Museum. Vol 21. p58.
  • <2> Index: Externally held archive reference Display Card Dorset County Museum.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 05-AUG-54.
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 4526443.

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Location

Grid reference SY 69000 82000 (point)
Map sheet SY68SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 614
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 SE 17
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452644

Record last edited

Aug 8 2023 4:31PM

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