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ISAP 01942, photograph of face 1 of stone axe, Derryarmush, County Cavan, from the National Museum of Ireland (NMI 1941:705).

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DOI: 10.7486/DRI.t722x4432
Title: ISAP 01942, photograph of face 1 of stone axe; Derryarmush, County Cavan, from the National Museum of Ireland (NMI 1941:705).
Description: Photograph of face 1 of stone axe (ISAP 01942) from Derryarmush, Co. Cavan, from the National Museum of Ireland (NMI 1941:705). Macro-ID - Gabbro. Micro-ID - Gabbro II. Petrology - Coarse basic altered intrusive, 45% < 7mm orange anhedral x-feldspar, dark brown pyroxene. Description - Sides - Rounded. Sides and edge merge, sides and butt merge. Edge - Worn and blunted. Two minor chips in the centre. Blade Area - Moderate level of polish. Faces - Regular. Moderate level of polish. Weathered on Face 1 left side. Small remnant pecking scar on Face 1 right side. Face 2 flattened. Butt - Original, no damage. Core taken from the centre of Face 1. Dimensions (length x width x thickness) - 10.4 cm, 5.4 cm, 2.5 cm, 228g.
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 Gabbro
Subjects (Places): Derryarmush Cavan
Subjects (Temporal): Neolithic
Types: image
Language: English
Sources: The Irish Stone Axe Project, University College Dublin
Identifiers: ISAP_01942_AP_001
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