axe
- Museum number
- WG.1547
- Description
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Copper alloy flanged axe with thin, rounded butt. Decorated with raised saltire above wide, curving blade.
- Dimensions
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Length: 5.20 inches
- Curator's comments
- Harbison 1969
Found one mile north of Carrickfergus.
Bibliography: Megaw/ Hardy, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 4, 1938, 275 Fig. 3, h; 302 No. 122; Watson, Ulster Journal of Archaeology 8, 1945, 110 No. 90.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2003 07 Jul-present, Belfast, Carrickfergus Town Museum, LT Loan
- Acquisition date
- 1909
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- WG.1547