Archaeology Catalogue (Beresford Collection)

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Beresford, Marcus Gervais, Collector

Object

BC001

Vessel or cauldron

Beresford, Marcus Gervais, Collector

Height 19 cm, top approx. 39 x 49 cm

Object

Copper vessel or cauldron.The base is made of a beaten copper sheet bent up to join the side plate in a collared joint. This side plate is fastened together by four rivets placed vertically. There remain some rectangular suspension plate attached to the rim by five rivets, opposite are five rivet ho

BC002

Dish

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height approx. 11 cm, top 40 x 38.5 cm, diameter of base approx. 30 cm

Object

Bronze dish, beaten to form a single sheet turned to give a flat rim, which is pierced by a series of rectangular and round holes.

BC003

Bowl

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 12.7 cm, diameter 18.4 cm, base 13.3 cm

Object

Bronze bowl on stem and circular foot. Three vertical spikes at equal distances on rim.

BC004

Bell mortar

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 10.5 cm, diameter of top 12.7 cm, diameter of base 9.6 cm

Object

Bell mortar in brass, with figures in relief around the exterior.

BC005

Three-legged pot

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 28.4 cm, maximum diameter 37.8 cm, rim diameter 28.1 cm, width across handles 38.3 cm

Object

Three legged pot, iron, bulbous, with two loop handles below rim and an irregular patch on rim.

BC006

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 11.4 cm, width 4.5 cm to 8.6 cm, thickness 1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze. Curves out to behind the convex cutting edge

BC007

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 12.5 cm, width across convex cutting edge 4.9 cm, thickness across flanges 3 cm

Object

Palstave, bronze.

BC008

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 14.5 cm, width across convex cutting edge 4.9 cm, thickness 3 cm

Object

Palstave, bronze. Slightly in turned flanges, rib below stop ridges

BC009

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 13.8 cm, width across convex cutting edge 6.6 cm, thickness across flanges 3.4 cm, rib below stop ridges.

Object

Palstave, bronze.

BC010

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 11.5 cm, width across convex cutting edge 5.5 cm, thickness across flanges 3.4 cm

Object

Palstave, bronze.

BC011

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 10.1 cm, width 6.8 cm, socket 5.4 x 5 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below broken oval socket.

BC012

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 9.4 cm, width 6.1 cm, socket, flattened on one side, 4.2 x 3.3 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below oval socket.

BC013

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 9.7 cm, width 7.5 cm, socket 4.5 x 3.8 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below oval socket.

BC014

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 9.4 cm, width 6. cm, socket 4.5 x 3.7 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below oval socket.

BC015

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 9.2 cm, width 5.7 cm, socket 4.3 x 4 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, edges chamfered, loop below oval socket, a band of cord impression in relief at loop.

BC016

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 8.6 cm, width 6.3 cm, socket 4.3 x 3.5 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below ridged oval socket.

BC017

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length. 9 cm, width 5.6 cm, socket 3.7 x 3.5 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below oval socket.

BC018

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 8.4 cm, width 6.3 cm, socket 4.4 x 3.8 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop and relief band below socket.

BC019

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 9.4 cm, width 5 cm, socket 3.5 x 3.2 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below rectangular socket with rounded corners.

BC020

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 7.9 cm, width 6.1 cm, socket 4.1 x 3.9 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below collared oval socket.

BC021

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length. 7.6 cm, width 6.4 cm, socket 3.9 x 3.8 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below circular socket.

BC022

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 7 cm, width 5.6 cm, socket 4.6 x 2.8 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, square loop below oval socket.

BC023

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 7.4 cm, with 4.6 cm, socket 3.7 x 3.4 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below collared socket.

BC024

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 7.5 cm, width 5 cm, socket 4.5 x 4.2 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, large loop and relief collar below oval socket.

BC025

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 7.5 cm, width 3.6 cm, damaged socket 3.7 x 3.1 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, rectangular cross section, loop below oval socket.

BC026

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 6.6 cm, width 4.1 cm, socket 3.6 x 3.5 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, rectangular cross section, ornamented with longitudinal ridges from the collared square socket, loop missing.

BC027

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 6.6 cm, width 5 cm, socket 3.6 x 3.2 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below oval socket.

BC028

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 6.7 cm, width 4.8 cm, socket 3.7 x 3 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below collarded oval socket.

BC029

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length. 6 cm, width 4.7 cm, socket 4 x 3 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below oval socket.

BC030

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 6 cm, width 4 cm, socket 3.4 x 3.4 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below rounded socket.

BC031

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 5.9 cm, width 4.9 cm, socket 3.2 x 2.9 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below oval socket.

BC032

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 5.3 cm, width 4.6 cm, socket 3.5 x 3.2 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop missing, ridged socket, short projecting bar below.

BC033

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 4.5 cm, width 3.8 cm, socket 3 cm, 1 x 2.7.

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop and band below oval socket.

BC034

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 4.6 cm, width 3.3 cm, socket 2.7 x 2.5.

Object

Socketed axe, bronze, loop below oval socket.

BC035

Socketed sickle

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length across the blade 9.5 cm, height of socket 6 cm, socket 2.5 x 2 cm

Object

Socketed sickle, bronze, socketed with curved blade at right angles to the socket, there is a loop at the top of the socket and a rivet holes at its base.

BC036

Halberd head

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 25.5 cm, width across arms 19 cm, socket diameter 3.1 cm

Object

Halberd head, star shaped, made of two thin bronze plates, one of which is folded over the edge of the other and joined to a socket at the base.

BC037

Ring

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

9 x 8 cm

Object

Ring, bronze, oval, round cross section.

BC038

Ring

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 9.5 cm, on it is a second ring, diameter 3.4 cm

Object

Ring, bronze, round cross section.

BC039

Ring

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 4.5 cm

Object

Ring, bronze.

BC040

Ring

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 4 cm

Object

Ring, bronze.

BC041

U-shaped piece

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

3.3 x 2.4 x 1 cm

Object

U-shaped piece, bronze, on a broken ring a cone with an aperture in its back is mounted horizontally

BC042

Ring

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter: 3.5 cm, 3.3 cm, 3.3 cm, 3.1 cm, 2.6 cm, 1.7 cm, 1.5 cm

Object

Rings, bronze, (7)

BC043

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 33.4 cm, max. width of blade 5.5 cm, diameter of socket 2.4 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, socketed, central longitudinal ridge on each face, two opposed rivet holes at the base of the blade.

BC044

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 19.5 cm, max. width of blade 3.1 cm, diameter of socket 2.4 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, socketed, central longitudinal ridge on each face, two opposed rivet holes on socket.

BC045

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 17.7 cm, max. width of blade 3.4 cm, diameter of socket 1.9 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, socketed, central longitudinal ridge on each face, two opposed loops on socket.

BC046

Pin

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 28.2 cm, Disc Diameter 1.6 cm

Object

Pin, bronze. Circular disc mounted at right angles on the tapering shaft of round cross section. Ornamented on the face with a scroll design in false relief within a plain border, the edge bears a band of rectangular pattern. The pin has six false relief panels with a similar triangle below, there

BC047

Pin

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 20.6, disc diameter 3 cm

Object

Pin, bronze, disc headed, Pin bears a flat circular disc at 0.7 cm from the top.

BC048

Horse tack: Y-piece

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 25.8 cm, width of the U 9.9 curving in to 5.4 cm

Object

Horse tack: Y-piece, bronze, U-shaped with a straight rod projecting from the base, round cross section.

“All terminals missing. Prongs converge noticeably but this is probably not an original feature. Members circular in section, apart from flattened oval prong-ends and rectangular-sectioned end of stem. Tip of stem slightly burred by hammering. Surface at junction of fork and stem flattened on both f

BC049

Horse tack: Y-piece

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Provenance

Length 21.5 cm, width at the top of the U 11.9 cm

Object

Horse tack: Y-piece, bronze, U-shaped with a broken rod projecting from the base, round cross section.

BC050

Horse tack: cheek-piece

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector; Gaelic Lord, Culture

Height 8 cm, width 11.7 cm, sections of border missing.

Object

Horse tack, cheek-piece, bronze, two irregular oval plates, with recessed geometric pattern decoration and beaded edges, are mounted on a bar and loop,

BC051

Bar

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 15.7 cm, width 2.4 cm, thickness 0.5.

Object

Bar, bronze, with a rectangular opening of 5.9 x 1.1 cm

BC052

Horse tack: chin-piece

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 14.3 cm, with . 2.8.

Object

Horse tack: chin-piece, bronze, curved, triangular cross section, one end is expanded and pierced with a loop above, the other broken, there is a raised diamond at the widest part.

BC053

Trumpet

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 33 cm, diameter of mouth piece 2.5 cm, top 6.5 x 6.4 cm

Object

Trumpet, bronze, 2 portions of, made from a curved thin sheet of bronze, expanding from the mouth piece and with a second section jammed on to it, decorated by three sets of three relief bands or collars around it at intervals. there is an irregular hole between the two lower decorative bands.

BC054

Trumpet

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1. Length 25.5 cm, disc 5 x 4.5 cm, 4.8 x 3 2. 15.5 cm, max. width 4.6. 3. Length 6 cm, width 5.4 cm

Object

Trumpet, bronze, 3 portions: 1. end closed by a disc, on which is a loop, the straight tube with opposed longitudinal ridges curves widening to a broken end, on the base ridge is a loop 5.7 from the disc; 2. irregular section of body with a longitudinal ridge, 3. part of the mouth of the instrument

BC055

Spur

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 11.8 cm, width 7.4 cm

Object

Spur, bronze, each arm of the U-shaped spur (to fit on a boot) has an expanded end each pierced by two holes. It has a short projection for the rowel, now missing, decorated with incised hatching.

BC056

Spur

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 9.5 cm, width 8.9 cm

Object

Spur, bronze, the U-shaped arms (to fit on a boot) are bent up from the projecting bar from which the rowel is missing, incised decoration on each arm which have a loop half way along it and terminates in a ring.

BC057

Spur

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 8.3 cm, width 5.8 cm

Object

Spur, bronze, the U-shaped arms are broken off, the short projection for the rowel, now missing, curves upwards and is bisected by a flat plate.

BC058

Horse tack: stirrup

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 14.5 cm, width 12.1 cm, thickness 7 cm

Object

Horse tack: stirrup, bronze, the flat oval foot plate is riveted to two curved sides, each decorated with six incised vertical grooves, which are joined at the top, behind a decorated plate, by a suspension bar for a strap,

BC059

Armlet

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

A: Diameter approx. 10 cm, width 2 cm; B: Diameter approx. 9 cm, width 2 cm

Object

Armlet, silver, now in two pieces, made from a thin convex strip with splayed terminals.

BC060

Carving

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 13.2., max. width 8 cm, thickness 5.5.

Object

Carving, soapstone, portion of a leg with a three toed foot, rectangular, with a central vertical ridge on the front which broadens towards the base, recess in the top,

BC061

Axe Hammer

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

12.3 x 7.4 x 5.9 cm,

Object

Axe hammer, stone, polished, oval. Vertical hole in centre.

BC062

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 18.4 cm, curves out from a width of 3.9 cm to 14 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 9 cm

Object

Flat axe, copper.

BC063

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 19 cm, curves out from a width of 4.2 cm to 14.9 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC064

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 19.1 cm, curves out from a width of 3.5 cm to 13.3 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 1.1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC065

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 14.7 cm, curves out from a width of 2.3 cm to 6.2 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC066

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 12 cm, curves out from a width of 2.5 cm to 8.4 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 9.1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC067

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 11.3 cm, splays out from a width of 4 cm to 7 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 1.3 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC068

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 9.9 cm, splays out from a width of 4.1 cm to 6.2 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 1.1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC069

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 9.8 cm, splays out from a width of 3.2 cm to 6.6 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC070

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 8.7 cm, splays out from a width of 3.8 cm to 6.5 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC071

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 9.7 cm, splays out from a width of 2.9 cm to 5.7 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 0.8 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC072

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 8.7 cm, curves out from a worth. Of 1.7 cm to 4.7 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 0.6.

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC073

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 5.9 cm, curves out from a width of 2 cm to 3.2 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 0.4 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC074

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 7.7 cm, splays out from a worth. of 0.8 cm to 3.1 cm behind the blunt edge, thickness 0.6 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC075

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 11.2 cm, splays out from a width of 1.2 to 4.5 behind the cutting edge, thickness 0.5.

Object

Flat axe, bronze, with rudimentary flanges.

BC076

Flanged axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1500-500 BC (Middle to Late Bronze

Length 7.9 cm, width 2.9 cm, thickness across the flanges 1.5 cm

Object

Flanged axe, bronze.

BC077

Flanged axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1500-500 BC (Middle to Late Bronze

Length 9.5 cm, width 4.3 cm, thickness across the flanges 2.6 cm

Object

Flanged axe, bronze.

BC078

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 11.3 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 5.1 cm, thickness across flanges 3 cm

Object

Palstave, bronze.

BC079

Flanged axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1500-500 BC (Middle to Late Bronze

Length 14.5 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 7.5 cm, thickness across flanges 2.8 cm

Object

Flanged axe, bronze. , Rudimentary stop ridges between flanges.

BC080

Flanged axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1500-500 BC (Middle to Late Bronze

Length 13.9 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 5.4 cm, thickness across flanges 4.1 cm,

Object

Flanged axe, bronze. Rudimentary stop ridges between flanges.

BC081

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 9.3 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 3.6 cm, thickness across flanges 2 cm, stop ridges between flanges 3.4 cm from the cutting edge.

Object

Palstave, bronze.

BC082

Flanged axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1500-500 BC (Middle to Late Bronze

Length 15.4 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 6.5 cm, thickness across flanges 3.5 cm, stop ridges between flanges, each flange decorated with a row of parallel ridges.

Object

Flanged axe, bronze.

BC083

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 9.5 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 4 cm, thickness across flanges 4 cm

Object

Palstave, bronze.

BC084

Flanged axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1500-500 BC (Middle to Late Bronze

Length 11.6 cm, wath. behind cutting edge 4.6 cm, thickness across bent over flanges 3.3 cm

Object

Flanged axe, bronze.

BC085

Flanged axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1500-500 BC (Middle to Late Bronze

Length 7.2 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 4.5 cm, thickness across flanges 3.5 cm

Object

Flanged axe, bronze.

BC086

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 16.5 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 7 cm, thickness across flanges 4 cm,

Object

Palstave, bronze. Central rib on each face, loop below.

BC087

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 14.9 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 5.3 cm, thickness across flanges 4.1 cm,

Object

Palstave, bronze. Stop ridge on each side.

BC088

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 10.4 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 7.2 cm, socket 4.6 x. 4.1 cm,

Object

Socketed axe, bronze. Chamfered facets and a collar in relief around the socket, loop below.

BC089

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 10.6 cm, width 7.5 cm, socket 4.4 cm x 4 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze.

BC090

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 9.2 cm, width 6.8 cm, collared socket 4.2 x 3.7 cm, loop below,

Object

Socketed axe, bronze.

BC091

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 13 cm, width behind convex cutting edge 5.5 cm, thickness 5 cm, loop below.

Object

Palstave, bronze.

BC092

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 6.5 ? , curves from a width of 2.1 cm at the butt to 4.8 cm behind the convex cutting edge

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC093

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 9.7 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, central longitudinal ridge on each face & a loop on each side of the socket

BC094

Spear butt

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 5.4 cm, diameter of top 2.7 cm

Object

Spear butt, bronze, an open topped hollow cylinder tapering to the base.

BC095

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 21.7 cm, max. width of blade 4 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, central longitudinal ridge on each face, two opposed rivet holes in the socket.

BC096

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 20.8 cm, max. width of blade 3.6 cm, diameter 2.4 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, central longitudinal ridge on each face tapering to the blunt point. Opposed closed loops above the socket which contains the portion of the wooden shaft.

BC097

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 13.9 cm, max. width of blade 3 cm, diameter 2 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, central longitudinal ridge on each face, flanked by converging ridges, opposed loops above the socket.

BC098

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 12.9 cm, max. width of blade 2.7 cm, diameter 1.8 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, central longitudinal ridge on each face, one damaged, opposed broken loops above the socket.

BC099

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 8.6, max. width of blade 1.6 cm, socket diameter 2 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, broad longitudinal ridge on each face, bladed damaged near apered socket. Socket has two parallel ridges above it and opposed rivet holes.

BC100

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 7.8 cm, max. width of blade 2.3 cm, socket diameter 1.7 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, longitudinal ridge on each side. Eroded ridge on each face, two loops above socket of

BC101

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 9 cm, max. width 3.9 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, portion of blade only

BC102

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 12.1 cm, max. width 3.9 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, portion of blade & socket only

BC103

Halberd head

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 23.6 cm, width at butt 9.4 cm

Object

Halberd head, bronze, triangular with massive central ridge on each face, expanding from the blunt cutting edge to the broken butt with part of a rivet hole in the edge.

BC104

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 19.2 cm, curves out from a width of 3.8 cm to 13.8 cm behind cutting edge, thickness 1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC105

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 14.1 cm, splays out from a width of 2.1 cm to 9 cm behind cutting edge, thickness 0.5 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze.

BC106

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 15.6 cm, curves from a width 2.6 cm to 8.5 cm behind convex cutting edge, thickness 1.1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze, rudimentary stop ridge across each face with diamond pattern decoration on the edges.

BC107

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 13.1 cm, width 2.5 cm splaying out to 6.5 cm behind convex cutting edge, thickness 1.1 cm at the stop ridges.

Object

Flat axe, bronze, rudimentary stop ridges which are decorated with 4 curved ridges across each face.

BC108

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 5.6 cm, width 4.2 cm, socket 2.9 x 2.6 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze. Loop below socket.

BC109

Gouge

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 5 cm, diameter of socket 1.9 cm

Object

Gouge, bronze, socketed, tapered grove from cutting edge.

BC110

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 58 cm, max. width 5 cm

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze. Blade swells out from the point and then tapers to the hilt pierced by three rivet holes and with an expanded terminal

BC111

Sword blade

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 16.3 cm, tapers from a width of 4.1 to 2.5 cm

Object

Part of sword blade, bronze, leaf shaped.

BC112

Sword blade

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 10 cm, tapers from a width of 3.5 to 2.8 cm

Object

Part of sword blade, bronze, leaf shaped.

BC113

Sword blade

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 11.3 cm, tapers from a width of 3.5 cm to the point.

Object

Part of sword blade, bronze, leaf shaped.

BC114

Rapier

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 19.4 cm, point portion broken off, tapers from a width of 4.2 cm to 2 cm

Object

Rapier, bronze. Longitudinal ridge on each face.

BC115

Rapier

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 23.3 cm, 3 rivet holes at the hilt, width 4.6 cm from which it tapers to the point.

Object

Rapier, bronze.

BC116

Dagger

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 12.5 cm, two notches at hilt, tapers from a width of 3.6 cm to 1.9 cm at the broken point.

Object

Part of dagger, bronze

BC117

Horse tack: cheek-piece

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Blade length 7.6-7.8 cm, tang length 3.9 cm, width across the blade 3.2 cm

Object

Horse tack: cheek-piece, bronze, one curved end continues at an acute angle as a curved end with a small projection at the end.

BC118

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 15.2 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, bent, butt missing. Longitudinal ridge on each face,

BC119

Dagger

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Total length 20 cm, length of tang 6.7 cm, max width 2.8 cm

Object

Dagger, iron, tanged, tip broken off, edges irregular,

BC120

Sphere

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 4.9 cm, height 4.5 cm

Object

Sphere, iron, vertical hole in a raised neck at the top and a square opening in the bottom, there is an aperture on one side.

BC121

Spoon

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Bowl 7.2 x 4.5 x 1.3 cm, Handle length 6.4 cm, total length 13.5 cm

Object

Spoon, bronze, oval bowl, horizontal handle, which terminates in a square end.

BC122

Cannon ball

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 8.6 cm

Object

Cannon ball, stone, spherical.

BC123

Palstave

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 19 cm, width of blade 4.8 cm, width of flanges 3.6 cm,

Object

Palstave, bronze. Curved end to butt with in turned terminals.

BC124

Halberd head

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 28.5 cm, butt, width 9.2 cm

Object

Halberd head, bronze, the slightly curved heavy blade. Tapers from a semicircular butt to a blunt point, with a central rib on each face and two rivets and a rivet hole in the butt.

BC125

Dagger

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 21.6 cm, notched end width 9.2 cm

Object

Dagger, bronze. Blade tapers from a notched end, to a blunt point.

BC126

Ring

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 2.5 cm

Object

Ring, bronze

BC127

Buckle

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

3.3 cm x 4.4 cm

Object

Buckle, bronze, oval, with a central bar behind.

BC128

Dagger

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 19.7 cm, hilt width 4.8 cm

Object

Dagger, bronze. Longitudinal ridge on each side, tapering to a point from the hilt, four broken rivet holes in hilt.

BC129

Rapier

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 63.8 cm, hilt width 6 cm

Object

Rapier, bronze, the thin ridged blade. Tapers to a point from the hilt, two rivet holes in hilt.

BC130

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 62.7 cm, width. 5 cm

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze. Broad longitudinal ridge on each side of the blade which swells out from the point and then tapers in to the hilt with nine rivet holes and a T-shaped terminal.

BC131

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 59.4, max. width 5 cm

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze. The blade swells out from the point and then tapers in to the hilt with seven rivet holes. Terminal broken off.

BC132

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 48 cm, max. width 4.1 cm

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze. Blade swells out from the point and then tapers in to the hilt with six rivet holes, max. with . 4.1.

BC133

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 50 cm, max. width 4.8 cm

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze. Blade swells out from the point and then tapers in to the hilt with four rivet holes and a flat terminal.

BC134

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 59.5 cm, max. width 4.8.

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze. Blade swells out from the point and then tapers in to the crudely attached hilt with four rivet holes. [bottom sword in image]

BC135

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 54.3 cm, max, width 5.6 cm

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze. Blade swells out from the point and then tapers in to the broken hilt with 2,5 rivet holes

BC136

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 47.5 cm, max. width 4.6 cm

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze. Blade swells out from the point and then tapers in to the straight sided hilt with three broken rivet holes.

BC137

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 58.4 cm, max. width 4.7 cm

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze. Blade swells out from the point and then tapers in to the hilt with ten rivet holes,

BC138

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 45.3 cm, max. width 4.8.

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze. Blade swells out from the point and then tapers in to the hilt with seven rivet holes and a T-shaped terminal. [top sword in image]

BC139

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 21.3 cm, max. width 5.2.

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze, hilt portion only. Four rivet holes and crudely attached portion of the blade,

BC140

Flanged axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1500-500 BC (Middle to Late Bronze

Length 11.8 cm, max. width behind convex cutting edge 7.2 cm, thickness across the flanges 2 cm

Object

Flanged axe, bronze, with a slight stop ridge on each face. Decorated on the side of each flange with incised inclined parallel lines.

BC141

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 8.1 cm, max. width 4.5 cm

Object

Axe, copper, broad butt. Corroded surfaces

BC142

Shoe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 25.5 cm, width 10 cm

Object

Shoe, leather. Made from a single piece of leather sewn at the heel, toe and centre of the upper surface. Tere is a tongue of two sections with binding around the top of each section. Flat sole and no heel.

BC143

Pistol

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 10 cm, diameter of muzzle 1.6 cm

Object

Pistol, barrel only, steel, cylindrical with two transverse bands.

BC144

Key

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 12.5 cm, head 2.8 x 3.1 cm,

Object

Key, iron. Cylindrical barrel, square ward, irregular head.

BC145

Inscribed slab

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

8.4 x 7.4 x 1 cm

Object

Inscribed slab, stone, irregular

BC146

Harness bells

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 5.0 cm, 4.9 cm, 4.9 & 3.8 cm, diameter. 3.6 , 3.8, 3.6 & 3 cm

Object

Harness bells (4), bronze, spherical. Each has pierced hanging lug on top, horizontal collar around the middle and slit in the lower portion with circular terminals. Inside each is a loose stone or metal clapper.

BC147

Bellamain jug

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 20. 8 cm, diameter 14.2 cm, diameter of base 9.2 cm

Object

Bellamain jug, pottery, cream glaze, globular, with loop handle between the body and the neck which terminates in a lip with three collars. Bears a face below the spout.

BC148

Bottle

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 16 cm, diameter 16.2 cm

Object

Bottle, green glass, circular, squat with deeply indented base and short tapered neck with collared lip,

BC149

Lamp

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 8.5 cm, max. width 5.8 cm, depth 4.2 cm

Object

Lamp, pottery, the top of the reservoir has at one end a round aperture for a wick and in a recess towards the other end an aperture for filling. There are two small incised patterns between the two.

BC150

Bell, Clogh-na-fillah

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 27.1, mouth 20 cm x 15.2 cm

Object

Bell, iron, "The Clogh-na-fillah" or "Bell of Blood", rectangular cross section with rounded corners, tapers from a mouth Loop missing,

BC151

Bell, Monaghan Bell

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 20 cm, mouth 13.2 x 6 cm

Object

Bell, bronze, "The Monaghan Bell", rectangular cross section with tapering sides, loop broken off.

BC152

Bell, Barry Gariagh Bell

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 23.8 cm, mouth 17.9 x 11.8 cm

Object

Bell, bronze, "The Barry Gariagh Bell", rectangular cross section with rounded corners, tapers from a mouth, carrying loop or handle on top.

BC153

Bell

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 18.5., diameter of mouth 14.3 cm

Object

Bell, bronze, circular with splayed rim and a loop handle which is supported by two brackets on top. Clapper missing.

BC154

Bell

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 12cm, mouth 9.8 x 8.5 cm

Object

Bell, bronze, oval, curved sides, with loop handle on top, with a horizontal band of wavy decoration in relief around the body

BC155

Bell

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 10.8 cm, cross section 5.5 x 4.5 cm

Object

Bell, bronze, rectangular cross section with double loop handle on top, large part of body missing, cylindrical clapper with square shaft inside.

BC156

Bell

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 3.7 cm, diameter of mouth 6.2 cm

Object

Bell, bronze, circular, splayed mouth tapering to top with opening for a loop, incised line decoration horizontally around rim and below top. Clapper missing.

BC157

Bell, Bell of St. Mogue

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Bell: 21 x 14.5 x 3 cm, shrine: height 23 cm, base 17.2 x 12 cm

Object

Bell, iron, "Bell of St. Mogue" and shrine. Bell : iron, an irregular portion of one side with a part of a corner. Shrine: copper, made of four plates which form the tapering rectangular shrine, decorated around the base and on one face with an applied strips of hatched border.

BC158

Wine bottle

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

6.9 x 5 x 1.2 cm

Object

Wine bottle, sherd, green glass, convex, bears on exterior a raised seal, 4 x 4.5 cm, inscribed in relief "N. Carolan & Co. /Dundalk = Wine Merchant"

BC159

Seal

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 3.9 cm

Object

Seal, green glass, from a wine bottle, bears within a raised border, "W=Dawson Esqr=1709".

BC160

Candle stick

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 20 cm, base 4.7 x 4.5 cm

Object

Stem of a candle stick, iron, twisted stem rises from square base, one side base is missing, top circular.

BC161

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 14 cm, width 7.2 cm, thickness 3.7 cm

Object

Axe, iron made of two plates welded together to form the blade but separated at half way to give a vertical aperture for hafting.

BC162

Mether

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 18.3 cm, top 12 x 10.5 cm, 17.7 x 18.5 cm

Object

Mether, wooden, rectangular with vertical handle on each side, cut from the solid with base nailed on, with handles

BC163

Goblet

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 20.3 cm, diameter of top 12 cm, diameter of base 12.6 cm

Object

Goblet, wood, circular, turned, on stem and base. Cracked.

BC164

Cup

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 12.5 cm, top diameter 8.8 cm, base diameter 7.6 cm

Object

Cup, wood, circular, tapering from the top. With on one side a handle carved from the solid.

BC165

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 14.8 cm, width of 2.4 cm to 9.8 cm, thickness 9.8 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze. Curves out to behind the convex cutting edge, hammered chain decoration on edges.

BC166

Cup

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 17.4 cm, width 12.5 cm, height 7.6 cm

Object

Cup, stone, oval with curved sides and protruding handle, carved a solid block with the centre hollowed out.

See Wildfe's Catalogue Museum of R. I. A. part ii, p. 114

BC167

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 13.5 cm, max. width 6.2cm, max. thickness 4.4 cm

Object

Axe, stone, grey brown, polished, butt broken.

BC168

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 12.6 cm, max. width 5.5 cm, max. thickness 2.7 cm

Object

Axe, stone, grey, polished, chipped.

BC169

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 14.1 cm, max. width 7 cm, max. thickness 3.6 cm

Object

Axe, stone, black, polished.

BC170

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 21.4 cm, max. width 8.9 cm, max. thickness 5.6 cm

Object

Axe, stone, mottled grey, not polished.

BC171

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 20 cm, max. width 5.6 cm, max. thickness 2.8 cm

Object

Axe, stone, black, polished.

BC172

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 11.6 cm, max. width 5.4 cm, max. thickness 3 cm

Object

Axe, stone, brown, polished.

BC173

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 17.6 cm, max. width 8 cm, max. thickness 4 cm

Object

Axe, stone, olivine, polished.

BC174

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 6.6 cm, max. width . 4.1 cm, max. thickness 1.7 cm

Object

Axe, stone, black, polished.

BC175

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 11.9 cm, width 5 cm, max. thickness 2.6 cm

Object

Axe, stone, black, polished, triangular cross section, chipped.

BC176

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 13., max. width . 6.5 cm, max. thickness 2.3 cm

Object

Axe, Stone, black, polished.

BC177

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 12.6 cm, max. width 5.8 cm, max. thickness 2.2 cm

Object

Axe, stone, olivine on one side & black on the other, polished.

BC178

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 11.5 cm, max. width - 5.9 cm, max. thick, 3 cm

Object

Axe, Stone, grey, polished.

BC179

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 11.1 cm, пах. width 4.9 cm, max. thickness 2 cm

Object

Axe, stone, brown, polished.

BC180

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 10.5 cm, max. width 5 cm, max, thickness 3 cm

Object

Axe, stone, black, polished.

BC181

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 10.8 cm, max. width 5 cm, max. thickness 2.3 cm

Object

Axe, Stone, black, polished.

BC182

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 12.6 cm, max. width 5 cm, max thickness 2.7 cm

Object

Axe, Stone, olivine, polished.

BC183

Crucible

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 6 cm, diameter 8 cm

Object

Crucible, stone, circular,

BC184

Axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 14.6 cm, 4.9 cm to 2.5 cm, max. thickness 2.6 cm

Object

Axe, flint, unpolished. Tapers from the cutting edge to the butt.

BC185

Knife

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 12 cm, max. width 3.3 cm, thickness 1.3 cm

Object

Knife, flint, curved, tapering to the ends, fine secondary chipping around edges

BC186

Blade

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 9 cm, max. width 2.6 cm, max. thickness 1 cm

Object

Blade, flint, secondary chipping, tapers from a rounded end to a point, part of the bulb of percussion remains.

BC187

Blade

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 6.5 cm, max. width 2 cm, thickness 0.8 cm

Object

Blade, flint, oval, secondary chipping, sides roughly parallel.

BC188

Blade

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 6.7 cm, max. width 2 cm, 6 cm, thickness 0.6 cm

Object

Blade, flint, secondary chipping, one side straight the other convex.

BC189

Flake

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 7.5 cm, max. width . 2.9 cm, thickness 1 cm

Object

Flake, flint, ridged, tapers from the angle cut base.

BC190

Scraper

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 5.7 cm, max. width 3.9 cm, max. thickness 1

Object

Scraper, flint, dark grey, leaf shaped, rounded butt.

BC191

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 5.5 cm, width across barbs 2.9 cm, max. thickness 0.7 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, tanged and barbed, point broken off.

BC192

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 7.4 cm, width across base 2.9 cm, thickness 0.8 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, black, tanged and barbed, one slight barb (?) , point broken off.

BC193

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 4.4 cm, width across barbs 2.7 cm, max. thickness 0.5 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, tanged and barbed.

BC194

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 4.3 cm, width at barbs 1.8 cm, max. thickness 0.6 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, barbed and tanged, one barb broken off.

BC195

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 3.3 cm, width across barbs 2.6 cm, max. thickness 0.6 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, creamy brown, barbed and tanged.

BC196

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 2.4 cm, width across barbs 2 cm, max. thickness 0.3 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, cream, barbed and tanged.

BC197

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 1.7 cm, width across barbs 1.8 cm, max. thickness 0.5 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, cream, tanged and barbed, point broken off.

BC198

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 4 cm, width across barbs 3.6 cm, max. thickness 0.5 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, barbed.

BC199

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 4.1 cm, width across barbs 2.2 cm, max. thickness 0.5 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, barbed.

BC200

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 4.3 cm, max. width across the barbs 2.6 cm, max. thickness 0.4 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, barbed.

BC201

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 4 cm, width across barbs 2.5 cm, max. thickness 0.6 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, barbed, point broken off.

BC202

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 3.4 cm, width across barbs 2.1 cm, max. thickness 0.4 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, barbed, point broken off.

BC203

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 3.2 cm, width across barbs 3 cm, max. thickness 0.4 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, barbed.

BC204

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 2.9 cm, width across barbs 2.1 cm, max. thickness 0.3 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, cream, barbed.

BC205

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 6.6 cm, max. width 2.7 cm, max. thickness 0.5 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, cream, lozenge shaped, point broken off.

BC206

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 5.5, max. width 2.7 cm, max. thickness 0.5 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, olivine & white, leaf shaped.

BC207

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 4.9 cm, max. width 2.2 cm, max. thickness 0.5 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, leaf shaped, point broken off.

BC208

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 4.4 cm, max. width 2. cm, max. thickness 0.4 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, leaf shaped, point broken off.

BC209

Arrowhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 4.4 cm, max. width 2.2 cm, max. thickness 0.6 cm

Object

Arrowhead, flint, brown, leaf shaped.

BC210

Flake

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

3.5 x 2.1 x 0.5 cm

Object

Flake, flint, brown, truncated, part of the bulb of percussion remaining.

BC211

Dagger

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 14.6 cm, max. width 3.4 cm

Object

Dagger, bronze, central rib on both sides, two rivet holes in the hilt.

BC212

Rotary quern

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Basin: diameter 30.5 cm, height 14.5 cm, grinder: diameter 23 cm, height 6 cm

Object

Rotary quern, stone, basin and grinder. Basin: circular, three feet cut from the solid. The circular recess for the grinder has three concentric ridges around the centre boss and a hole in one side through the ground cereal was discharged. Grinder: circular, central vertical hole for pouring in gra

BC213

Spearhead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 7.7 cm, width across the blade 2.4 cm, socket diameter 1.6 cm

Object

Spearhead, bronze, socketed. Two opposed loops above the socket.

BC214

Buckle

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

5.3 x 6.2 cm

Object

Buckle, bronze, rectangular, with a protruding boss half way along each side and with a central bar.

BC215

Buckle

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

6.1 x 3.9 cm

Object

Buckle, bronze, oblong, round knob half way along each side, two curve in, the opposite pair curve out

BC216

Padlock

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 3.6. Diameter 2.2 cm

Object

Padlock, iron, globular, hinged keeper on top, keyhole in the side protected by a sliding cover.

BC217

Pin

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 15.8 cm, rings diameter. 2 cm, 2 cm, 1.9 cm & 1.8 cm

Object

Pin, bronze, three rings fastened on the tapered pin of round cross section with a square head

BC218

Pin

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length. 10.1 cm, ring diameter 3.1 cm,

Object

Pin, bronze, a single ring is gripped by the turned over top of the pin

BC219

Pin

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 11 cm, ring diameter 2.6 cm

Object

Pin, bronze, a split ring is gripped in the turned over top of the pin. The point is bent upwards.

BC220

Pin

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 4.8. diameter 2 cm

Object

Pin, bronze, a ring gripped by turned over head of the pin.

BC221

Pin

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 13 cm, diameter 3 cm

Object

Pin, bronze, the circular head decorated with three pairs of bosses, a single pair is mounted by a bent shank to protrude in front of the pin

BC222

Brooch

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 5.8 cm, Length 16 cm

Object

Pennanular brooch, bronze, the disc head is ornamented within a raised border with a ziz-zaz pattern, two bosses at the top on each side of the head of the pin, holding the disc in a hinge and passes down in front.

BC223

Horse tack: cheek-piece : three-way cheek-piece

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter of ring 3.5 cm

Object

Horse tack: cheek-piece : three-way cheek-piece, bronze, on the circular ring, each in a notch and kept apart by three vertical spikes, are three equally distanced hanging plates, each in the form of loop originally by a rivet.

BC224

Horse tack: cheek-piece : three-way cheek-piece

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter of ring 3.5 cm

Object

Horse tack: cheek-piece : three-way cheek-piece, iron, on the circular ring, decorated with 3 groups of incised semicircles and vertical lines, are three hanging plates each closed by a rivet.

BC225

Amulet

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 4.5 cm, thickness 1.9 cm, hole diameter 1 cm

Object

Amulet, stone, circular, flat surfaces with rounded edges, a vertical hole drilled through the centre from both sides.

BC226

Amulet

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 3.5 cm, thickness 1, hole diameter 1.4 cm

Object

Amulet, stone, circular. flat surfaces with rounded edges, a vertical hole drilled through the centre.

BC227

Amulet

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

4.6 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm

Object

Amulet, stone, irregular, polished, a vertical hole drilled off centre

BC228

Bead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 2.2 cm, hole diameter 1 cm

Object

Bead, stone, circular. flat surfaces with rounded edges, a vertical hole drilled through the centre.

BC229

Bead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 2.6 cm, thickness 1.5 cm

Object

Bead, pottery, circular. Rounded profile, central vertical hole, random light brown whirl decoration.

BC230

Bead

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 1.7 cm, thickness 1.1 cm

Object

Bead, pottery, circular. Rounded profile, central vertical hole, random brown whirl decoration.

BC231

Ring money

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Diameter 3.4 cm

Object

Ring money, brass, the ring is not closed leaving a gap between the opposed ends.

BC232

Slab

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

21 x 29.8 x 2 cm

Object

Slab, plaster, irregular, portion of an incised inscription

BC233

Bell

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 5 cm, oval cross section 5.4 x 4.5 cm

Object

Bell, bronze, on top is a rectangular suspension loop.

BC234

Maori Ceremonial club

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 21 cm, max. width 8.9 cm

Object

New Zealand Maori ceremonial club, green stone, the bulbous blade with convex sides curves into the rounded hilt which is pierced horizontally below the ridged rudimentary pommel.

BC235

Mace head

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 9 cm, diameter 5.1 cm

Object

Mace head, stone, mottled grey, polished, ends rounded, central vertical hole for handle.

BC236

Wine bottling machine

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Heigth 12.4 , base 9 x 8.5 cm

Object

Part of an Italian wine bottling machine, iron, cylindrical block with two holes through it vertically is mounted on a base plate is vertically by two brackets.

BC237

Sword

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Length 38.1 cm, max. width 5.9 cm

Object

Sword, leaf shaped, bronze, portion of. Point broken off and modified, the blade swells out and then tapers hilt with four rivet holes

BC238

Bottle

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

Height 30 cm, max. diameter 12.2 cm, diameter of mouth 3.7 cm

Object

Bottle, copper, round bottomed bulbous body and cylindrical neck, ornamented with horizontal parallel lines in relief, hole in centre of base

BC239

Ceremonial club

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector; Kwakwaka’wakw, Culture

Length 24.5 cm, collar 12 x 9.3 cm

Object

Stone club, a carved man's face with open mouth is protrudes from a cylindrical shaft which ends in a collar beyond which the there is a wedge.

BC240

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 19 cm, width 3.7 curves out to 13.4, thickness 1 cm

Object

Flat axe, bronze. Curves out to behind the convex cutting edge, pitted surfaces.

BC241

Flat axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

2000-1500 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Length 16 cm, width 3.5 cm, curves out to 8.6 cm behind the convex cutting edge, thickness 1.

Object

Flat axe, bronze. Curves out to behind the convex cutting edge.

BC242

Socketed axe

Marcus Gervais Beresford, Collector

1200-500 BC (Late Bronze Period)

Length 5.7 cm, socket 3.6 x 3 cm

Object

Socketed axe, bronze. Loop below socket.