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Description: | Incomplete, corroded iron socketed arrowhead. The arrowhead has a circular socket measuring 7mm diameter internally. The edge of the socket is abraded and incomplete. The socket tapers to the central spine and is approximately 66mm in length on the exterior (the measurement cannot be confirmed on the interior as it is filled with soil and corrosion). The blade has an extremely elongated leaf shape, and is sub-lozenge shaped in section. The blade edges are heavily corroded and abraded, and the majority of the original edge is missing, as is the tip. The arrowhead measures 361.12mm long and 26.21mm wide.
Images of the arrowhead were sent to Dr. Oliver Jessop (University of Sheffield) who identified it as a ?typical 'armour piercing' arrowhead, which has a long slender form and is diamond in cross section.? These arrowheads date between the 13th-15th century. An example is illustrated in the London Museum Catalogue (Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1940 London Museum: Medieval Catalogue HMSO London p. 68-69) Figure 17, No. 8). Dr. Jessop also commented that these arrowheads are "often found on military sites, for example, Welsh Castle sites and St. Brivals Castle in Gloucestershire was a centre of production.? | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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