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Iron Axe-Head from River Shannon on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron axe head with wooden handle from the River Shannon. Viking Age. 1986: 109

Iron axehead from Fishamble St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron axehead from the Fishamble Street excavations. Viking Age. The axe is a distinctively Norse weapon of warfare. E 172:2421

Iron axehead from Winetavern St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron axe head from the Winetavern Street excavations in Dublin. Viking Age. E81:2428

Iron fish-hook and billhook on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron fish-hook from St John's Lane (E173: 398) and Billhook from Winetavern Street (E81: 1864)

Iron hammerhead on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Small hammerhead for metalworking from Fishamble Street, Dublin. E172: 6515

Iron Implements in the National Museum of Ireland

From left to right these are a fork, a fish hook and a bill hook.

Iron key with attached cord on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Find from Winetavern Street, Dublin. Iron Key with attached cord. E81: 1815

Iron meat fork on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron meat fork from Fishamble Street, Dublin. E172: 13904

Iron nails from a wagon burial on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger

Iron nails surviving from a wagon used as a coffin in Ribe Viking Museum. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/

Iron Rattle

An iron rattle from Vestfold in Norway.

Iron rattle

An iron rattle like those found with the Oseberg ship.

Iron Scramasax Knife on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron scramasax (a single bladed knife) from Christchurch Place, Dublin. E122:-

Iron shears

Iron shears

Iron Shears and Other Metalwork

Iron shears and hooks of types that would have been used in the Viking Age.

Iron Shield Boss on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron sheild boss from Fishamble Street, Dublin. E172:13177

Iron ship's nail on display in the National Museum of Ireland

A ship's nail (or clinker nail) from Fishamble Street, Dublin. E43: 1286

Iron slave collar from Dublin on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron slave collar from St John's Lane, Dublin, evidence of a flourishing slave trade in Viking Dublin. E173: X 119

Iron Spearhead from Fishamble St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland (1)

Iron Spearhead from Fishamble St. in Dublin. Viking Age. E172:12613

Iron Spearhead from Fishamble St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland (2)

Iron Spearhead from Fishamble St. in Dublin. Viking Age. E172:14344

Iron Spearhead from Fishamble St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland (3)

Iron Spearhead from Fishamble St. in Dublin. Viking Age. E172:14661