The Spearhead of the Pennon
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Knight, Matthew G
Cowie, Trevor
Abstract
In 1999, the late Professor Charles Thomas donated a Middle Bronze Age spearhead to the National Museum collection. This spearhead came with a label indicating that it was part of the pennant taken into the Battle of Flodden by Robert Chisholme in 1513. This paper investigates the likelihood that such a claimed association could have any basis in truth, as well as briefly contributing some thoughts on the discovery of already ancient objects in the past.
Journal title
Proceedings of the Society Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume
148
Publisher
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
ISSN
0081-1564
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