The Bronze Age
Hunting & Warfare
Bronze spearhead, Mochrum
- Period:
- Bronze Age
- Description:
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A leaf-shaped spearhead. The greater part of the blade survives but the tip and socket are absent.
This is a typical example of a late Bronze Age spearhead and dates to around 1,000-800 BC. This is the most common late Bronze Age spearhead type in Scotland and several examples are known from Galloway.
- Place of Discovery:
- Druchtag, Mochrum
- Materials/Media:
- Bronze
- Dimensions:
- Length: 182mm
- Source:
- Stranraer Museum
- Accession number:
- WIWMS 2012.8
- Digital Number:
- SMAH 095
- Copyright:
- Dumfries & Galloway Council
- References:
- Coles, J M 1960 "Scottish late Bronze Age Metalwork". Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, 93 (1959-60), 16-134.
