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1884.123.543

Stone tool or weapon

1884.123.543

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool or weapon
Long description
Grey and light brown stone implement. [CC [Excav. PR] 18/11/2013].
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland County Antrim Ballymena Portglenone River Bann
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Chert Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 21 mm, Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 75 mm, Weight 71 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.123.543
Research and responses

Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object was obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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