In the specimen from Stibbard, Norfolk,[1262] shown in Fig. 407, the ribs upon the blade are less distinct, and the loops are widened out so as to show a lozenge form when the edge of the blade is seen. This spear-head was found with nine others and about seventy palstaves about 1806, and is in the state in which it left the mould, having never been finished by hammering and grinding, though the core has been extracted. I have seen a specimen in the collection of Mr. J. Holmes, found at Morley, near Leeds, in which the hammering process had been applied to a part only of the blade, which had evidently broken in the operation. The partly finished base and the unfinished point were found together. An Irish example of this form has been engraved by Vallancey.[1263] This type is rare in France, but a specimen is in the Museum at Carcassonne (Aude), and another in that at St. Germain. In some spear-heads of nearly the same form there is a raised bead running down the midrib as in Fig. 408. This beautifully finished weapon was bought in Dublin, but I cannot say in what part of Ireland it was found. 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. [Illustration: Fig. 407.—Stibbard. ½] [Illustration: Fig. 408.—Ireland. ½] [Illustration: 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. [Illustration: 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. One of nearly the same character (22¼ inches), found in the Thames at Datchet, forms part of the Roach Smith Collection,[1265] now in the British Museum. Another (11½ inches) was found with palstaves at Sherford,[1266] near Taunton. A specimen in the British Museum (15¾ inches) has an ornament of hatched chevrons round the base of the socket, and the lozenge-shaped flanges are also ornamented with hatched open mascles.