Another amazing find by reader Martin Weir who was again recently out and about with his metal detector.
This time an interesting item was found which pre-dates all his other finds and may be one of the oldest items found in the general area.
Whilst out detecting in November there, he found a good signal at area of the former Hillfort at Dechmont Hill. Digging down at the location, he was initially dismayed to find a tin can, but then, reactions turned to excitement when out popped an arrowhead.
Martin has a good eye and knew immediately this was old. In the hole was a late Neolithic/early Bronze age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead! The approximate dates are between 3500-1500 BC meaning this could be between 3,500 and 5,500 years old!!
Being such an old item, Martin had to share this here. He thinks this was found as what he believes to be the entrance to the fort. Unfortunately the tip and one of the barbs has broken off, likely due to around 3000 years of ploughing bashing it.
Can you imagine how this ended up here all those years ago!? A Bronze Age hunter out in the fields surround Blantyre, hunting, perhaps deliberately discarding the item because the tip was damaged and not longer much use, or maybe left when the carcas of some animal fell. Its known there was a Bronze Age presence in this area from other finds, urns and graves.
I’ll be going to the museum to drop it off although I don’t think they’ll keep it. Here it is cleaned up, you can really appreciate the craftsmanship.
