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Helen Geake comments: 'Karen Høilund Nielsen's classification of the spearheads from four East Anglian cemeteries (Penn and Brugmann 2007, 17-22, 71) does not include any of this remarkable length. Her closest type is Concave Long 1a, which she dates to period MA1 (450-510), thus agreeing well with Swanton's date. I'm not as keen as Kevin is on a specifically Scandinavian inspiration, as the Godalming spearhead lacks the midrib of the Welbeck Hill example (Swanton 1973, fig. 82e). When the Pewsey cemetery is finally published (Annable and Eagles forthcomng, hopefully 2010) we should be able to see how well the spearhead in grave 22 matches the Godalming example. Swanton comments that the H3 type includes some of the largest and most impressive blades of the time, and this is certainly the case for the Godalming spearhead.'