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The ancient bronze implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland (1881)

Evans, John, Sir, 1823-1908 · London, Longmans, Green & Co. · leaf 292

An illustration from The ancient bronze implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland, 1881, leaf 292 — usual, and the blade itself thinner. It is strengthened by a number of small converging ribs formed in the casting, instead of by a broad midrib, and is also straight and not curved. The original was found near Newtown Limavady, Co. Derry, and is in the collection of Canon Greenwell, F.E.S. The… … original three rivet-holes have in two cases been partly closed by hammer- ing, while in the third the base of the blade has broken away. In order to make use of the weapon, three fresh holes have been drilled rather farther from the base, in which the rivets are still preserved. iSome of the Irish…

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