i899 C. H. 1-ISHER— BRONZE SPEAR-HEADS 87 



plate the spear-heads depicted in Figs, i and 2 are 

 strikingly like mine. They have the same shallowness 

 of socket for the reception of the handle, and two loops 

 (sulci) one on each side of the socket for further securing 

 the head to the helve, or handle : a very rough and un- 

 satisfiictory form of attachment, instead of the vastly 

 longer socket adopted for modern boar spears, and the 

 lances of all lance-armed cavalry. Waring says (p. 62) 

 "Fig. I is a bronze spear-head 7^ inches long, with the 

 su/ci, or side loops, usual in Irish specimens, for at- 

 taching it more strongly to the handle : these loops Sir 

 William Wilde believes gradually rose towards the head 

 till they were formed in the spear-head itself, as seen in 

 Fig, 5. The length of Fig. 2 is 714: inches." My spear- 

 heads are shorter than those figured by Wearing ; one is 

 5 inches, and the other only 4 inches long. 



These memorials of the Celtic folk who dwelt in the 

 Cotteswolds in what is known as the Bronze Period are 

 interesting from their local associations. They show 

 very good workmanship. They are depicted in the ac- 

 companying illustrations. Figs. I, 2, of natural size. 



