[{"id": 138802, "created": "2020-05-10T13:50:58.862569", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 84401, "user_id": 580, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-05-10T14:17:03.640076", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "c NY 00;63", "Site": "NORTHUMBERLAND;Nr CORBRIDGE;FARNLEY", "CollHist": "Alnwick Castle Museum\r\nN\u00b0 195 (Item 1)\r\nN\u00b0 250 (Item 2)\r\nN\u00b0 251 (Item 3)\r\nN\u00b0 number (Item 5)\r\nN\u00b0 252 & no number (Items 8-9)\r\nN\u00b0 239 (Items 10-12)\r\nN\u00b0 number (Item 13)\r\nMuseum of Antiquities, Newcastle\r\n1947.6A1 (Item 4)\r\n1947.6/1-2 (Items 6-7)\r\nHistory\r\nItems (1-3), (5), and (8-13) acquired by the Duke of Northumberland at some date prior to 1880 for his collection at Alnwick Castle, from Mr Wylam Walker.\r\nItem (4) and (6-7) were retained by Mr Wylan Walker and passed to his daughter, Miss Walker, of Orchard House, Hexham, after his death. (? date)\r\nThe objects were seen by (c) in 1932 at Miss Walker's house and retrieved by the writer of (c) from rubbish thrown into the garden after her death in 1946.\r\nItems (4) and (6-7) were aquired by the Black Gate Museum after their retrieval by (c) and were transferred to the Museum of Antiquities, Department of Archaeology, the University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in or about 1959.\r\nNo information about items (14-15).", "Contents": "(1) Palstave, looped, median rib\r\n(2) Fragmentary protected-opening spearhead with missing socket\r\n(3) Spearhead fragment as (2)\r\n(4) Protected-opening spearhead in two pieces, end of blade missing\r\n(5) Plain leaf-shaped spearhead\r\n(6) Point of blade and part of midrib of a basal-looped spearhead\r\n(7) Channelled blade, probably from same implement as (6)\r\n(8) Fragment of blade and midrib from a leaf-shaped spearhead\r\n(9) Fragment as (8)\r\n(10) Blade fragment of a dirk or rapier\r\n(11) Blade fragment of a dirk or rapier\r\n(12) Blade fragment as (11)\r\n(13) Blade fragment of a dirk or rapier notched for rehafting\r\nAlso belonging to the hoard ?\r\n(14-15) Two fragments of protected-opening spearheads", "comments": "", "ArchiveEtc": "Rec. S.H. 27.5.82.", "ContextType": "7b GROUP", "BiblioSources": "(a) Bruce (1880) 46-7 N\u00b0 195; 56 N\u00b0 239; 57 N\u00b0 245; 58 Nos 250-2\r\n(b) A History of Northumberland Vol X (1914) 5, footnote 4; 6\r\n(c) Cowen (1948) 131-2\r\n(d) Burgess (1968a) 58", "Circumstances": "Said to have been found in 1835, at a depth of 13 ft, when workmen were making a cutting through mossy ground for the Newcastle and Carlisle railway. Reference (b) considers that the evidence as to the locality of the hoard is very slender, resting as it does on Bruce's statement and that the objects found were once in the possession of Mr Wylam Walker, contractor for the Farnley and other sections of the Newcastle and Carlisle railway. The date given by (a) is considered improbable because, although this section of the railway was opened for passenger traffic in 1835, cuttings had been made and the line laid down and used for mineral traffic during 1834. It is unlikely that the bronzes should have been found \"about 13 ft below the surface\" after the cuttings had been completed. Reference (b) also casts doubt on the inclusion of the palstave (1) on grounds of its different patina but (d) points out that it has clearly been chemically treated at some time since discovery, and that (a) records that it originally had the Farnley bright green patina. For arguments that items (6) and (7) are from the same spearhead see reference (c). Reference (d) also says that according to the Bronze Age Metalwork card catalogue six protected-opening spearhead fragments were found, in which cas two must have been lost. (Items 14-15)", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}, {"id": 141576, "created": "2020-06-25T14:52:02.928111", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 84401, "user_id": 1998, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-06-25T15:44:53.444055", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "c; NY; 00; 63", "Site": "Northumberland; N? Corbridge; Farnley", "CollHist": "Alnwick Castle Museum\r\nNo. 195 (item 1)\r\nNo. 250 (item 2)\r\nNo. 251 (item 3)\r\nNo number (item 5)\r\nNo. 252 }   (items 8-9)\r\nNo number} (items 8-9)\r\nNo.239 (items 10-12)\r\nNo number (item 13)\r\n\r\nMuseum of Antiquities, Newcastle\r\n1947. 6A1 (item 4)\r\n1947. 6/1-2 (items 6-7)\r\n\r\nHistory\r\nitems (1-3), (5), and (8-13) acquired by the DWG of Northumberland at some date prior to 1880 for his collection at Alnwick Castle, from Mr. Wylan Walker.\r\n\r\nitems (4) and (6-7) were retained by Mr. Wylan Walker and passd to his daughter, Missw Walker, of Orchard House, Haxham, after his death. (? date)\r\n\r\nThe objects were seen by (c) in 1932 at Miss Walker's house and retrieved by the writer of (c) from rubbish thrown into the garden after her death in 1946.\r\n\r\nItems (4) and (6-7) were acquired by the Black Gate Museum after their retrieval by (c) and were transferred to the Museum of Antiquities, Department of Anthropology, the University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in or about 1959\r\n", "Contents": "(1) Palstave, looped, median rib\r\n(2) Fragmentary protected-opening spearhead with missing socket\r\n(3) Spearhead fragment as (2)\r\n(4) Protected-opening spearhead in two pieces, end of blade missing\r\n(5) Plain leaf-shaped spearhead\r\n(6) Point of blade and part of midrib of a basal-looped spearhead\r\n(7) Channelled blade, probably from same implement as (6)\r\n(8) Fragment of blade and midrib from a leaf-shaped spearhead\r\n(9) Fragment as (8)\r\n(10) Blade fragment of a dirk or rapier\r\n(11) Blade fragment of a dirk or rapier\r\n(12) Blade fragment as (11)\r\n(13) Blade fragment of a dirk or rapier notched for ?reshafting", "comments": "", "ArchiveEtc": "/; S.H.27.5.82", "ContextType": "7b Group", "BiblioSources": "(a) Bruce (1880) 46-7 No 195; 56 No 239; 57 No 245; 58 No 250-2\r\n(b) A History of Northumberland Vol X (1945) 5, footnote 4; 6\r\n(c) Cowen (1948) 131-2\r\n(d) Burgess (1968a) 58", "Circumstances": "Said to have been found in 1835, at a depth of 13 ft, when workmen were making a cutting through mossy ground for the Newcastle and Carlisle railway.  Reference (b) considers that the evidence as to the locality of the hoard is very slender, resting as it does on Bruce's statement and that the objects found were once in the possession of Mr Wylan Walker, contractor for the Farnley and other sections of the Newcastle and Carlisle railway.  The date given by (a) is considered improbable because, although this section of the railway was opened for passenger traffic in 1835, cuttings had been made and the line laid down and used for mineral traffic during 1834.  It is likely that the bronzes should have been found \"about 13 ft below the surface\" after the cuttings had been completed.  Reference (b) also casts doubt on the inclusion of the palstave (1) on grounds of its different patina but (d) points out that it has clearly been chemically treated at some time since discovery, and that (a) records that it originally had the Farnley bright green patina.  For arguments that items (6) and (7) are from the same shearhead see reference (c).  Reference (d) also says that according to the Bronze Age Metalwork catalogue six protected-opening spearhead fragment were found, in which case two must have been lost.", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}, {"id": 141607, "created": "2020-06-26T10:37:41.145111", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 84401, "user_id": 2005, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-06-26T10:37:54.662641", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "c NY 00 / 63", "Site": "NORTHUMBERLAND / Nr. CORBRIDGE / FARNLEY", "CollHist": "Alnwick Castle Museum\r\n-----------------------------\r\nNo.195 (Item 1)\r\nNo.250 (Item 2)\r\nNo.251 (Item 2) * see comments below\r\nNo number (item5)\r\nNo.252 & no number (Items 8-9)\r\nNo.239 (Items 10-12)\r\nNo number (Item13)\r\nMuseum of Antiquities, Newcastle\r\n------------------------------------------\r\n1947.6A1 (item 4); 1947.6/1-2 (Items 6-7)\r\n/Items (1-3), (5), and (8-13) acquired by the Duke of Northumberland at some date prior to 1880 for his collection at Alnwick Castle, from Mr. Wylam Walker.\r\nItems (4) and (6-7) were retained  by Mr. Wylam Walker and passed to his daughter, Miss Walker, of Orchard House, Hexham, after his death. (? date)\r\nThe objects were seen by (c) in 1932 at Miss Walker's house and retrieved by the writer of (c) from the rubbish thrown into the garden after her death in 1946.\r\nItems (4) and (6-7) were acquired by the Black Gate Museum after the retrieval by (c) and were transferred to the Museum of Antiquities, Department of Archaeology, the University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in or about 1959.\r\nNo information about items (14-15)\r\n\r\n", "Contents": "(1) Palstave, median rib.\r\n(2) Fragmentary protected-opening spearhead with missing socket\r\n(3) Spearhead fragment as (2)\r\n(4) Protected-opening spearhead in two pieces, end of blade missing.\r\n(5) Plain leaf-shaped spearhead.\r\n(6) Point of blade and part of midrib of a basal-looped spearhead.\r\n(7) Channelled blade, probably from same implement as (6)\r\n(8) Fragment of blade and midrib from a leaf-shaped spearhead.\r\n(9) Fragment as (8)\r\n(10) Blade fragment of a dirk or rapier.\r\n(11) Blade fragment of a dirk or rapier.\r\n(12) Blade fragment as (11)\r\n(12) Blade fragment of a dirk or rapier notched for rehafting.\r\nAlso belonging to the hoard ? (14-15) two fragments of protected-opening\r\nspearheads", "comments": "*[? should be item (3)]", "ArchiveEtc": "/S.H.  27.5.82", "ContextType": "7b GROUP", "BiblioSources": "(a) Bruce (1880) 46-7 No.195; 56 No.239; 57 No.245; 58 Nos.250-2\r\n(b) A History of Northumberland Vol X (1914) 5, footnote 4; 6\r\n     ------------------------------------\r\n(c) Cowen (1948) 131-2\r\n(d) Burgess (1968a) 58 ", "Circumstances": "   Said to have been found in 1835, at a depth of 13 ft., when workmen were making a cutting through mossy ground for the Newcastle and Carlisle railway.\r\nReference (b) considers that the evidence as to the locality of the hoard is very slender, resting as it does on Bruce's statement and that the objects found were once in the possesion of  Mr. Wylam Walker, contractor for the Farnley and other sections of the Newcastle and Carlisle railway. The date given by (a) is considered improbable because, although this section of the railway was opened for passenger traffic in 1835, cuttings had been made and the line laid down and used for mineral traffic during 1834. It is unlikely that the bronzes should have been found \"about 13 ft. below the surface\" after the cuttings had been completed. Reference (b) also casts doubt on the inclusion of the palstave (1) on grounds of its different patina, but (d) points out that it has clearly been chemically treated at some time since discovery, and that (a) records that it originally had the Farnley bright green patina. For arguments that items (6) and (7) are from the same spearhead see reference (c)  Reference (d) also says that according to the Bronze Age Metalwork card catalogue six protected-opening spearhead fragments were found, in which case two must have been lost (items 14-15)", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}]