Shetland Folk-Lore
blown.” The Diarist added that the sword and dagger were unfortunately broken in digging, but that he saw some fragments which he recognised as bronze.
The spear head shown in Fig. 7 is the property of Mr. James W. Cursiter, Kirkwall, who is possessed of a most extensive and valuable collection of Orkney and Shetland antiquities. It “measures 10¾ inches in length, the socket projecting 3⅝ inches beyond the blade, which is 6⅜ inches in length by 2¾ inches in extreme breadth. The blade is strengthened by two ribs nearly parallel to the edge. On each side of the socket is a loop of peculiar character, flat, and formed of a lozengeshaped projection 1 inch long and ¾ of an inch broad.” It was found under a depth of about 4 feet of moss, by a man casting peats at the east side of Sweening Voe, Lunnasting. The spear head is specially interesting as proving that weapons of
the Bronze Period found their way to
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