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Images
Left: Bow fragments found during the
Dublin excavations, numbered according to (Halpin 2008, 49-50)
Right: Bow fragments found during the
Waterford excavations, numbered according to
(Halpin 2008, 54).
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Above: Examining the Ballinderry Bow at the National Museum of Ireland.
Above: Close of the Ballinderry Bow at the National Museum of Ireland - Above Left: Original Sketch of Ballinderry Bow from (Hencken 1936).
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Above: Examing Waterford Bow 2 (National Museum of Ireland)
Above: Waterford Bow 2, Detail of Nocks
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Above: 1: Cross section of common Yew showing colour of sapwood and heartwood.
2: Some examples of bow cross sections from Dublin, Waterford and Ballinderry, where wood has been halved and quartered.
3: Diagram of crafted Yew billet, bow within the billet, and orientation of heartwood/sapwood on finished bow.
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Above: Distribution chart of extant weapon types between settlements and graves, from the Kilmainham/Islandbridge cemeteries and from Hiberno-Norse contexts in Dublin. Table from (Halpin, 2008).
Above: Detail of Norman archery units from the Bayeux Tapestry, (Vitoria and Albert Museum) - Left, Right and Below: Examples of two socketed bodkin tipped arrowheads (left & Right) and incendiary
arrowhead (below) found in Dublin (National Museum of Ireland).