Bronze Sickle

Bronze sickle from Balleigh, Lezayre

First Metalworkers - Bronze Age - 2000 BC - 600 BC Dimensions: Length 11.9cm, width 3cm, breadth 0.4cm Manx Museum Accession Number - 1954-0810

Middle Bronze Age (1400 BC - 1200 BC) sickle blade from Alkest near Balleigh, from the burial ground at Cronk yn Howe, Lezayre and found before 1897. Sickles were used for harvesting crops and for clearing other vegetation.

This sickle is on display in the Manx Museum.

A selection of Bronze Age objects -

• Irish Type Food Vessel
• Socketed Axe
• Bronze Sickle
• Sword
• Bronze Razor

For more information see -

• Bronze Age Metalworking
• Bronze Age Pottery
• Bronze Age Burial Practices

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