socketed axe
- Museum number
- WG.1576
- Description
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Copper alloy socketed axe; cast. Oval flare mouth with bevelled rim. Straight sides with crescentic edge and re-curved tips, now blunt. The ends of the broad loop extend onto the body and are connected by a vertical ridge on each face. Thick coat of patination is now flaking. Three haft ribs extend to the rim.
- Dimensions
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Length: 40 millimetres (mouth)
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Length: 51.50 millimetres
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Weight: 83.60 grammes
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Width: 45 millimetres (cutting edge)
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Width: 28 millimetres (mouth)
- Curator's comments
- Eogan 2000
Threre are three Castletown townlands in Meath in Lower Moyfenrath, Lune and Morgallion Baronies, it is not known from which this axe came.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1909
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- WG.1576
