Spear Head, Grecian Valley, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Record ID:  155001*0 / MNA129466
Record type:  Find Spot
Protected Status: Registered Park or Garden
NT Property:  Stowe; London and South East
Civil Parish:  Stowe; Aylesbury Vale; Buckinghamshire
Grid Reference:  SP 675 377
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Summary

Anglo Saxon spear head found in 1996 during mechanical rotivation by gardener Paul Stevanovic of the grass outside the east front of the Temple of Concord and Victory

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Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Anglo Saxon spear head found in 1996 during mechanical rotivation by gardener Paul Stevanovic of the grass outside the east front of the Temple of Concord and Victory. The spear head was deposited with Bucks. County Museum Service. Unfortunately no investigation of the site carried out. It remains uncertain if the spear head is a stray find that has been redistributed or might indicate the site of an Anglo-Saxon grave. A third possibility, though unlikely, is that it may have been used to adorn a piece of of Stowe statuary.

References

  • SZM12396 - Slide: Gary Marshall. 01/07/1996. Spear head - possibly Saxon - found at south end of Grecian Valley.. 20CMS. TSLG832.

  • SZM23167 - Slide: Gary Marshall. 01/07/1996. Spear head - possibly Saxon - found at south end of Grecian Valley.. 20CMS. TSLG829.

  • SZM23726 - Slide: Gary Marshall. 01/07/1996. Spear head - possibly Saxon - found at south end of Grecian Valley.. 20CMS. TSLG829.

  • SZM40658 - Slide: Gary Marshall. 01/07/1996. Spear head - possibly Saxon - found at south end of Grecian Valley.. 20CMS. TSLG831.

  • SZM43531 - Slide: Gary Marshall. 01/07/1996. Spear head - possibly Saxon - discovered close to the steps of Concord and Victory in Grecian Valley. 20CMS. TSLG828.

  • SZM46365 - Slide: Gary Marshall. 01/07/1996. Spear head - possibly Saxon - found at south end of Grecian Valley.. 20CMS. TSLG830.

  • SZM49776 - National Trust Report: Marshall G.. 1996. Notes on the spear head found close to the Temple of Concord and Victory at Stowe Landscape Gardens. Stowe/51.

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
  • Conservation Area

Associated Events

  • ENA2636 - Archaeological Intervention, Spear head found near Concord and Victory, Stowe,1996

Associated Finds

  • FNA292 - SPEAR (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

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