Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 245 Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,King's Co.,near Edenderry,Drumcooley Hill,1854
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Drumcooly
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1854
Length (mm): 48
Width (mm): blade 15; socket 15.5
Thickness (mm): blade 12
Weight (g): 12
Patina: Brown and green with metal showing.
Surface: Corroded in pits.
Associations: One of a hoard of 15 objects and a piece of sandstone. Possibly belonging to a mould. 2 spearheads, 1 socketed celt, 6 rings, 2 pins with rings and 4 beads (1 large of clay, 1 of glass - yellow and purple twist, 2 of amber - a larger and a smaller, irregularly shaped).
Description: Wide conical socket and very narrow wings. Two rivet holes immediately below shoulders - one broken into.