flat axe
- Museum number
- WG.1530
- Description
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Copper alloy flat axe with thin, rounded butt. Sides splay widely, creating a large, straight, shallow cutting-edge.
- Dimensions
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Length: 147.50 millimetres (Max)
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Weight: 502.20 grammes
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Thickness: 9.90 millimetres (Max)
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Width: 105 millimetres (Max)
- Curator's comments
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Harbison 1969
Bibliography: Crawford, The Geographical Journal 40, 1912, 314.
Label attached to object surface - CROGHAN 1530 CAVAN 10
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Killaha type
- Location
- On display (G30/dc32)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2022 17 Feb - 17 Jul, London, BM, G30, The world of Stonehenge
- Acquisition date
- 1909
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- WG.1530
