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1884.127.9

Hammerstone

1884.127.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hammerstone
Long description
Dark grey sub-oval hammer-stone with groove and rounded ends; broken. [CC [Excav. PR] 05/12/2013].
Geographical reference
Ireland, Republic of
Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of
Ireland County Kerry Killarney
Date
Date collected
?By 1878
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Grooved, Process Pecked
Dimensions
Thick: max 57 mm, Width: max 66 mm, Length: max 96 mm, Weight 495 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.127.9 Other numbers: 23
Research and responses

This object is listed in Delivery Catalogue II but it is noted therein that it was not exhibited at Bethnal Green Museum or South Kensington Museum (although it may actually be implying that the object was not exhibited at the PRM). [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Hammer-stone