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Catalogue of Archery Evidence

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==Arrow Shafts==
* Scotland
** Scar(AD 875-950)*** 9 Arrow fragments made from Scots Pine. Leaf heads.
* Ireland
** Dublin [HALPIN ** Cork* DWP11: C11th. Complete made from Scots Pine. Leaf head. Total length 60cm (including head), Shaft 54cm. Diameter 10mm.*** DWP12: C11th-12th. Fragment made from Willow. Surviving length of shaft 22cm.
** Waterford
*** Complete, unknown wood. Bodkin head.
*** Fragment made from Yew
** Cork
*** 2 Arrow fragments made of Yew.
* Norway
** Oppland (9th-10th C)
*** 42: Fragment
*** 58: Complete
*** 59 & 38: Fragment
*** 60: Fragment
* Germany
** Elisenhof (8th-11th C). 6 arrow shafts were identified in Elisenhof. [SZABO 1985: p.26, taf. 4]
*** 28: broken lower part of a blunt arrow, made of hazel. Length now 11cm, diameter of the shaft 0.6cm, diameter of the head 1.2cm. The head is round in cross section and flat at the end.
*** 29: Broken lower part of a blunt arrow, unknown wood type. Length now 6.3cm, diameter of shaft 0.6cm, diameter of head 1.6cm
*Switzerland
** Altdorf (7th C)
*** 8 Arrows made from Hazel, Ash and Honeysuckle.
==References==