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Description: | The tip of an medieval iron arrowhead, or possibly medieval spearhead. Triangular shaped arrowhead with a central conical socket and partially surviving flat bevelled wings. Part of the socket, wings and any barbs on the wings are missing due to old breaks and corrosion. The socket extends deeply into the head, to within 2cm of the remaining point; this suggests the item is an arrowhead rather than a spearhead. Spearheads with sockets running into the blade are shown in the Museum of London Medieval Catalogue (p74: A12240, A1779, plate XVI:8-9) but the sockets on the spearheads, unlike on this item, appear to run only a little way into the blade before narrowing to a very fine hole or closing entirely. This item is large for an arrowhead but within the limits set out in Jessop (1996). It appears very similar to Jessops type M2, a 15th century military type but is significantly larger than the examples he quotes. It could also possibly be an example of his MP8 type, a 13th century hunting arrow, which has lost the barbs on the wings. The fragment is 44.6mm long, 23.5mm wide, 10mm thick and weighs 9.5 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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