Fig. 30.—Leaf-shaped spear-heads found together at the Ford, Belturbet, Co. Cavan.
Fig. 31. Fig. 32.
We will now turn to the spear-heads with rivet-holes in the sockets, but without loops or openings in the blades (figs. [28] and [30]). These spear-heads are almost invariably leaf-shaped and devoid of ribs. The pins or rivets used to attach this class to the shaft were probably of wood, horn, or bone. Two examples formerly in Mr. Day’s collection have rivets of bronze, and others with bronze rivets have been found in England. The leaf-shaped spear-head is associated by form with the leaf-shaped sword; the looped type with the older type of weapons, the dagger and rapier forms. The records of the finds are very incomplete; but the association of leaf-shaped spears and swords to the exclusion of the looped form is sufficiently marked to be noted as an additional piece of evidence.
Fig. 33.—Ornamental Spear-heads
with openings in the blade.
Fig. 34.—Portion of Spear-head
with studs at the base of the wings.