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View full screenBronze socketed axe from Ireland
X.DF 17
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
Bronze; round mouth with flat projecting rim; three ridges occur, one is set close to the rim; body cross-section decagonal, cutting edge well expanded and chipped
Ireland, Northern Europe
Bell Collection
Collector: Bell, John, 1793 - 1861
Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Eogan, G., The Socketed Bronze Axes in Ireland, Stuttgart, 2000 (= Prahistorische Bronzefunde IX, 22)
Haworth, Richard G. ‘John Bell of Dungannon 1793-1861' [Part 1], Journal of Ulster Local Studies 71 (1981), 1-7
Haworth, Richard G. ‘John Bell of Dungannon 1793-1861’ [Part 2], Journal of Ulster Local Studies 81 (1982), 10-19
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