A smaller and broader specimen (7 inches) in my collection was found at Clough, near Antrim.
I have another (10¾ inches) from the north of Ireland in which the midrib half-way along the blade expands to form an edge almost as sharp as that at the sides. Near the point the section is cruciform, as in Fig. 396.
—— Fig. 407.—Stibbard. ½ — Fig. 408.—Ireland. ½ — Fig. 409.—Lakenheath Fen. ¼
A spear-head found near Hay, on the river Wye, and now in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of London, presents the same peculiarity as Fig. 408.
Some ancient bronze spear-heads from China[1264] are provided with central ridges of the same kind on the blades. They have but one loop, and that is on the face, and there is a deep notch at the mouth of the socket.
Fig. 410.
Nettleham. ½
The long blades are often more leaf-shaped and less truncated at the base than that shown in Fig. 406. A very large specimen of this kind from Lakenheath Fen is shown on the scale of ¼ inch in Fig. 409. The point is unfortunately lost, but is restored in the engraving. The midrib containing the socket is ridged, and the outer faces of the loops expand into the diamond form.