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Description: | An incomplete Bronze-Age cast copper-alloy side-loop leaf-blade spearhead.The fragment is 102.8mm in length, it has been broken just over midway along the broad leaf shaped blade, that measures 39.89mm at its midpoint. One edge of the remaining blade has some medium sized chips missing from the edge, leaving it uneven. There is a pronounced conical mid rib that is hollow at the base with a diameter of 22.6mm but solid through the blade where is has broken giving a cross-section with a diameter of 13.4mm. Originally it would have tapered to the point of the spear.There is only one loop on the shaft and there does not appear to be any marks suggesting another. It is a small curved loop, at the side on the shaft, close to the point where it has broken. The flat edges of the blade are 2.61mm thick and the walls of the shaft are 1.6mm thick.On one side the original dark-green patina is largely intact but the other side has suffered from bronze disease and there are light green rough patches up the mid-section and at the base of the shaft. Richard Davis has seen an image of this spear and comments 'Spearheads with a single loop down the socket are rare. There are only six like this from Britain, none from Ireland. They have a very tight distribution pattern:-Medomsley, DurhamNetherby Fort, Cumbria (2)Snape, North YorksDumfriesGlenkens, DumfriesThey can be attributed to the Penard phase of the MBA, which is now dated 1250-1125BC.This example fits well within the known distribution pattern of the North of Britain and so adds further to the group as a Northern type.
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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