Ballateare Viking Burial Spearhead
Date made: Viking
Description: This is complete, although corroded and encrusted. The socket is circular in section and has traces of wooden shaft, originally attached by six copper alloy rivets, with one example surviving. There are also traces of inlaid wire decoration and incised triangle decoration at the base of the socket. There is a central ridge on both sides of the blade.
This spearhead was mostly imported from Norway.
Measurements: 270mm x 3mm x 14mm
Materials: iron
Date found: 1946
Object name: spearhead
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 1966-0373/07