Decorated Bronze Axehead

Dating from the Early Bronze Age, this flanged decorated bronze axehead comes from Lough Reavac, County Clare. After an initial copper phase, bronze, made from a mixture of copper and tin, was developed. Bronze was much harder metal than copper and the tin required to make it came from County Wicklow and Cornwall in Britain.

Ref: 1974:32

Early Bronze Age Collection
National Museum of Ireland, Irish Antiquities Division Collection
Tools and Equipment Collection