Polished stone axe

Details

• Title

  Polished stone axe

• Associated place

  Europe › Ireland (historic state) › North of Ireland (find spot)

• Date

  Neolithic - Early Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 4000 - c. 1400 cal. BC)

• Material and technique

  basalt

• Material index

  inorganic › stone › lava › basalt

• Object type

  tool/implement › axe

• Dimensions

  5 cm (length)
  3.8 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1927.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1927.4237

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