Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 245, Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Kings Co.,near Edenderry,Drumcooley Hill,1854
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Drumcooly
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1854
Length (mm): 76
Width (mm): 39.5
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 37
Patina: Dull brown on smooth side - green and dark brown on the other.
Surface: Smooth on one face and corroded and broken on the other.
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: Tip of large broad spearhead with flat diamond shaped socket. Bevelled round cutting edge.