Corhampton Down was inhabited long ago

Way back in fact in the Bronze Age when spears were in common use rather than golf clubs. This was proved beyond doubt when a member of the greenkeeping staff picked up an intriguing object on the course.

Mrs. Elizabeth Borrow, of Meonstoke, arranged for experts at Winchester to examine the object - and they confirmed that it was a Bronze Age side-looped spearhead - at least 3000 years old.