spearhead

Description
Socketed bronze spearhead with opposing loops on flanges. Middle Bronze Age type. Slight damage to socket end; one loop broken; slight damage of tip. Probably from the excavation at Linlithgow Priory in the 1950s.
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Object detail

Department
Object/Archaeology
Measurement details
Dimensions:0 - Whole:L 13.8cm (L 5 7/16")
Dimensions:socket:D 1.5cm (D 9/16")
Documentation
Scottish Late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology.; Mr John Coles; Archaeologist; 1960; Proc Soc Antiq Scot.
Documentation notes
p.81.
Field collection reference
unknown
Accession number
1972-043-001

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