Object: Dirk
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sotheby's Sale 19.11.24,651,Collection of W. J. Knowles MRIA of Flixton Place, Ballymena
Site: Ireland,Antrim,Skerry East,near Reillys Farm,about 1898,Label: Bought from Mr. Jas Reilly, Skerry East found in Boggy field by Reilly's farm about 1898
Discovery context: farm,auction,bog
Parish: Skerry East
County: County Antrim
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1898
Length (mm): 292
Width (mm): blade 27.5; hilt plate 53.5
Thickness (mm): blade 3
Patina: Very thin patina matte, dirty green over golden bronze.
Surface: Smooth pitted. Spots of corrosion.