Context (Related Documents)
See archive for catalogue of the Murray Collection (G10/1/1) and for correspondence regarding the collection’s purchase (W10/3/3).
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Analysis)
?Brake shoe.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Field collection)
Found at Carberry (east side of the hill), 1862.
Event Date 1862
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Murray catalogue description for MC 1899.277[.1]: 'One singular implement with massive hoe-shaped blade (outline, in profile, is that of a partially opened scroll): the blade is curved upwards throughout its length and tapers from the wide, square, slightly gouge-shaped cutting edge (bevelled on upper surface) towards the butt, where it suddenly thickens into a large, transverse, cylindrical projection, the square sides of which coalesce with those of blade. An admirable grip for the hand is thus provided, the implement being used with its curved, somewhat convex face downwards. (Total length along outside curve 6"9, blade width at cutting edge 5", at butt end 3"6).'
Event Date 1899
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Sir John Evans does not mention any similar implement in his 'Bronze Implements' and its age and use remain to be determined.
Event Date 1899
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Acquisition Details)
The Annual Report for 1899 does not list any of these objects. They are documented in a separate 'Murray Collection Catalogue'. Many of the objects do not have record cards. Where this occurs the information has been transcribed directly from the Catalogue. This object is listed under 'Distinct Finds' as MC 1899.247(1) and forms part of 'Find III'.
Event Date 1899
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Reverend E. O'Leary notes: '1 pair of ear-rings, 1 bronze adze, found on Carbury Hill, on the east side, in the year 1862, one find' ...'The Cardbury find was unearthed by James Smyth, whilst sowing potatoes on the east side of the hill, in 1862. The axe-head was used without any handle, by holding the rounded back in the hand. It showed signs of having been ground, and is the only instance of a bronze adze having by sharpened in this manner.'
Event Date 1902
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (References)
O’Leary, E. Reverend. (1902). ‘Notes on the Collections of Irish Antiquities Lately at Edenderry’. Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, vol. 3. pp. 325-333. Illustrated on p. 327, Plate 2.
Event Date 1902
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy tool, possibly an adze, used without a handle. The tool consists of a cylindrical hand hold at the bottom, flaring to an upward curving, trapezoid-shaped blade with a straight cutting edge, bevelled on the inside surface.
Event Date 20/2/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad