The Bronze Age
Axes & Maces
Bronze flat axe
- Period:
- Bronze Age
- Description:
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Flat axes like this were made during the Early Bronze Age. This one has a curved blade and a square butt. It would have been mounted with a wooden handle. The axe is probably from Ireland. Selby bought it from an Edinburgh antique dealer in 1894.
- Place of Production:
- Ireland
- Materials/Media:
- copper alloy
- Dimensions:
- length: 151mm
- Source:
- Stranraer Museum
- Accession number:
- WIWMS 2004.6.127
- Digital Number:
- SRAM025n
- Copyright:
- Dumfries & Galloway Council
- References:
Murray, J 2005 The William McDowall Selby Collection, The Transactions and Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History And Antiquarian Society. LXXIX, 147-172.
