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ISAP 08512, photograph of the right side of stone axe, Culbane, County Antrim, from the Ulster Museum (UM WM 1724).

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DOI: 10.7486/DRI.8p593760t
Title: ISAP 08512, photograph of the right side of stone axe; Culbane, County Antrim, from the Ulster Museum (UM WM 1724).
Description: Photograph of the right side of stone axe (ISAP 08512) from Culbane, Co. Antrim, from the Ulster Museum (UM WM 1724). Macro-ID - Shale. Micro-ID - Shale Ia. Petrology - Grey, parallel sided shaley claystone. Description - Sides - Rounded. Left irregular in centre and towards butt, right towards butt only. Junctions of sides and edge merge on right, damaged on the left. Junctions of the sides and butt clear. Edge - Worn. Minor chipping over the entire length. Single mod. sized chip on left side and right side. Slightly C-shaped in profile. Blade Area - Mod. level of polish on both faces (worn). Faces - Flattened. Low level of polish in centre. Numerous small remnant flake scars adjacent to both sides, both faces, Left side in centre and towards butt, right side towards butt. Butt - Original, no damage. Core taken from the centre of Face 1. Dimensions (length x width x thickness) - 16.5 cm, 7.9 cm, 2.5 cm, 443g.
Creators: University College Dublin The Discovery Programme
Contributors: Gabriel Cooney Anthony Corns Bernard Gilhooly Rob Sands Stephen Mandal David Stone Lesley Davidson
Creation Date: 1997-01-05
Published Date: 2022-09-09
Published by Digital Repository of Ireland: 12/04/2024
Subjects: Axe Shale
Subjects (Places): Culbane Antrim
Subjects (Temporal): Neolithic
Types: image
Language: English
Sources: The Irish Stone Axe Project, University College Dublin
Identifiers: ISAP_08512_AP_004
Rights: Copyright The Irish Stone Axe Project, University College Dublin.
Reuse Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
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Depositing Organisation: The Discovery Programme