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Description: | An iron spearhead which is probably medieval in date. The spearhead is 181mm long and the blade is 30.1mm wide with the socket being 23.3mm in diameter. The blade is leaf shaped and is slightly lozenge shaped in section. The tip of the blade is missing. The socket appears to be cast but there is a wavy ridge on the inside which may suggest that it is wrapped around and then very well joined on the outside. There is a small circular rivet hole in the side of the socket where the spearhead would have been fixed to the shaft. There is some damage to the base of the socket. A similar example is NARC-444096 and medieval spearheads can also be seen in Borg's "Arms and Armour" in Saunders (1991). The metal is dark brown in colour and is very well preserved with just one area of active corrosion.
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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