Coffey — Spear-heads of the Bronze Age found in Ireland. 493 



in Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgesliire, Berks, Derbyshire, and Devon. ^ 

 One has also been found in Scotland.- Four are known from Ireland : 



one closely resembling figure 15, 

 in the collection of Mr. Robert 

 Day, was found in Westmeath : 

 an imperfect specimen, with 

 plain blade, also from West- 

 meath, is in the Academy's 

 collection ; another resembling 

 Evans' figure 326is in the Petrie 

 collection, and the fourth, also 

 of plain type, is in the Grainger 

 collection, Belfast. An example 

 said to have been found in Italy 

 is in the Copenhagen Museum.^ 

 Sir A. W. Pranks, who de- 

 scribed the Arreton Down find 

 ("Archgeologia," vol. xxxvi.), 

 considers these tanged blades to 

 be spear-heads. Sir John Evans 

 expresses a cautious assent to 

 this view, but points out that 

 in the case of a socketed blade 

 of similar form from the same 

 find (fig. 16) it is difficult to 

 decide whether it should be 

 classed with the daggers or the 

 spear-heads. It should be noted 

 that the Arreton Dovsn exam- 

 ples, as also that from Preston, 

 Devon, were found associated 

 vsdth flanged celts and dagger- 

 blades of the usual type ; in 

 neither find were looped im- 

 plements present. 



The resemblance of the sjDear- 

 heads of the type under consideration to the AiTcton Down examples 



(15) (16) 



15. — Stratford-le-Bow. One-half. 

 16. — Arreton Down. One-half, 



1 See references in Evans' Bronze Implements. 



^ In Ayrshire. Anderson, Scotland in Pagan Times, Bronze Age, p. 181. 



3 Figured by "Worsaae in Mem. des Ant. du Nord, 1873—4, p. 132. 



