Axehead (fragment)

Description

A socketed axehead fragment (blade end) in bronze with a slightly splayed cutting edge. This axehead was found as part of a hoard in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.

Object data

Accession number

HCA 286

Date made

1st millennium BC

Materials

Metal; Copper Alloy; Bronze

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Place of collection

Culture

Copyright Attribution

Axehead (fragment) | Metal,Copper Alloy,Bronze | 1st millennium BC | The Hunt Collection | PD

Provenance

File of material relating to a socketed, bronze axehead (HCA 285) and a fragment of a socketed, bronze axehead (HCA 286). Includes object description sheets (dates unspecified) which note that both came from the Mullingar hoard; photocopies of extracts from relevant publications. They are: 'The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland' (Dublin, 1879) which mentions bronze objects held by a dealer in Mullingar and found by a labouring man in Roscommon; 'The Hoards of the Ireland Later Bronze Age' (University College, Dublin, 1983) by George Eogan which comprises catalogue of objects; paper entitled 'The Hunt Museum' by Patrick F. Doran from the 'North Munster Antiquarian Journal,' (volume 20, 1978) which mentions the Mullingar hoard; photocopy of extract from 'Deed List' (c. 1974) which describes the Mullingar hoard and under 'locality of find' states, 'Day Sale 337, L.M. Hewson, P.R.H. & A.S.I.' Also present is list of objects in the Hunt Museum (13 October 1995) which are or which possibly are from the Mullingar hoard. Their registration numbers are HCA 381, HCA 382, HCA 384 and HCA 391. Brief description of these objects, photocopies of photographs and photocopies of object description sheets present.

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