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ISAP 04955, photograph of face 1 of stone axe, Clonfad, County Westmeath, from the National Museum of Ireland (NMI 1941:401).

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DOI: 10.7486/DRI.h7034203b
Title: ISAP 04955, photograph of face 1 of stone axe; Clonfad, County Westmeath, from the National Museum of Ireland (NMI 1941:401).
Description: Photograph of face 1 of stone axe (ISAP 04955) from Clonfad, Co. Westmeath, from the National Museum of Ireland (NMI 1941:401). Macro-ID - Tuff IPC?. Micro-ID - IPC Group VI Tuff. Petrology - Fine green banded tuff, Group VI, facetted large axe. Description - Sides - Narrow flattened. Junctions of sides with edge present. Edge - Worn. Damaged in centre and adjacent to both sides by heavy chipping extending onto blade area Face 1. Blade Area - Medium sized flake scars extend from edge Face 1 centre and right side. Single large flake on Face 1 left side. Moderate level of polish. Faces - Very regular. Moderate level of polish. Slightly irregular break across the upper portion of the axe, perpendicular to the long axis of the axe. Distinct area of long parallel striae Face 1 centre right. Group VI. Fine specimen. Dimensions (length x width x thickness) - 28.3 cm, 8.1 cm, 5.1 cm, 1968g.
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 Tuff IPC?
Subjects (Places): Clonfad Westmeath
Subjects (Temporal): Neolithic
Types: image
Language: English
Sources: The Irish Stone Axe Project, University College Dublin
Identifiers: ISAP_04955_AP_001
Rights: Copyright The Irish Stone Axe Project, University College Dublin.
Reuse Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Depositing Organisation: The Discovery Programme
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