Arrowhead

An iron arrowhead, which was the end of a crossbow bolt, was found on the Castle Hill in Lublin during archaeological research carried out in 1969.

Arrowheads for bows and crossbows are the most numerous and varied category of medieval militaria. The most commonly found arrowheads were made of iron. They can be provided with a sleeve, in which a wooden shaft was fixed (radius, scimitar); these are more characteristic for western Slavs, including Poland. The manufacture of the sleeve was a complicated operation, as the spearhead had to be symmetrical and well balanced. Blades with a pin were simpler to make. They were hammered into the end of the thatch, wrapped with thong and fixed with binder. The crossbow and the bow belong to the types of projectile weapons popular in the Middle Ages.

The iron spearhead is the end of the crossbow bolt. It is quadrilateral in cross-section, sharply pointed, in the middle part slightly tapered. The bolt was set in the centre.

Numerous military items discovered in the Lublin region's fortified settlements, including the Lublin Castle Hill, are a remnant of the turbulent history of Polish-Ruthenian border conflicts, internal struggles and external interventions in the 11th - 13th centuries. On the Castle Hill most of these finds were registered in archaeological excavations near the defence tower - donjon.