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Spearhead

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from Langburnshiels, Roxburghshire

Postcard of Spearhead.
000-100-034-317-C
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Spearhead

This bronze spearhead was found at Langburnshiels in Roxburghshire. It dates from between 1150 and 950 BC.

The socketed spearhead has a long midrib on the leaf-shaped blade and loops in the blade.

A wide variety of spearheads were made from around 1400 to 950 BC. Blades varied in shape, including triangular, kite-shaped or leaf-shaped. In the Late Bronze Age, from around 950 to 750 BC, socketed spearheads with leaf-shaped blades are most common.


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Online ID: 000-100-034-317-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DG 25
Date: Between 1150 and 950 BC
Middle Bronze Age
Material: Bronze; with loops in the blade
Dimensions: 6.25"
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Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Langburnside
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Description: Middle Bronze Age spearhead with loops in the blade, from Langburnside, Roxburghshire
References:
  • Coles, J.M. Scottish Middle Bronze Age Metalwork. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland, 97 (1963-64), pp 82-156, esp. 103-11, 144. 
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