Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Mrs. W. K. Foster,A.1900.3 (Annual Records. Numbers do not always correspond.)
Site: Ireland,Kings Co.,Shannon
Parish: Shannon
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 99
Width (mm): blade 37.5; socket 25
Thickness (mm): blade 17
Weight (g): 85
Patina: Very dark green. Some brown. Lighter green specks.
Surface: Pitted and corroded.
Description: Diamond shaped socket and a high ridge along the midrib; round at the mouth. Openings in the blades and a steep bevel round them on the outer sides. Bevelled round cutting edge. Cast slightly askew.