Information for record number MWA3958:
Anglo Saxon sword mount found on Alcester Bypass

Summary An Anglo-Saxon sword mount was found 500m east of Arrow.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Migration (410 AD - 800 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Pyramid-shaped sword mount dating to c.600 - 650 AD found on Alcester bypass.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 966
Author/originator:
Date: 1990
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 966
   
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source WMEF Warwickshire Museum Enquiry Form. These are forms that are filled in when a person brings an object to Warwickshire Museum to be identified. Amongst the information recorded on the form are details such as a description of the object, where and when it was found, and in some cases a sketch or photographs of it. Copies of the form can be viewed at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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