NMS Archaeology Object 168001: X.IL 671 - Spearhead


Description

Summary


Viking iron socketed spearhead, from Vallay, North Uist


Accession Number


X.IL 671


Other references

Not recorded1943.307

Original description

VIKING PERIOD. Socketed spear-head of iron 12 5/8" in length. Found beside some skeletal remains north of the cattlefold, Vallay, N. Uist.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Vallay, North Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1943

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

Image

Image of Viking iron socketed spearhead, from Vallay, North Uist © National Museums Scotland
Image of Viking iron socketed spearhead, from Vallay, North Uist © National Museums Scotland

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