Drawings Bronze Age gold lunula(e) from Ireland
Object number
LDSAL2020.38.251
Material
paper
ink
printer's ink
ink
printer's ink
Technique
Drawing
Lithography
Lithography
Dimensions
Height: 432mm
Width: 486mm
Width: 486mm
Associated place
Bailieborough
Co. Cavan
Ulster
Mangerton Mountain
Co. Kerry
Munster
Republic of Ireland
British Museum
Europe
Co. Cavan
Ulster
Mangerton Mountain
Co. Kerry
Munster
Republic of Ireland
British Museum
Europe
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Actual Size.
GOLD COLLAR,
Weight, 1 oz. 13 dwts.
Found July 1856,
In draining a Field near Baileyborough, Co. Cavan, Ireland.
GOLD COLLAR,
Weight, 1 oz. 13 dwts.
Found July 1856,
In draining a Field near Baileyborough, Co. Cavan, Ireland.
Inscription content
Actual Size.
ANCIENT GOLD TORQUE,
Weight, 37 dwts. 6 grs.
Found near Mangerton, County Kerry, 1842,
8 Feet below th surface of the Bog.
ANCIENT GOLD TORQUE,
Weight, 37 dwts. 6 grs.
Found near Mangerton, County Kerry, 1842,
8 Feet below th surface of the Bog.
Inscription content
In the possession of SIR THOMAS TOBIN, F.S.A.
Ballincollig, near Cork.
Ballincollig, near Cork.
References
Reference (free text)
Joan J Taylor, Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980), pp. 35, 106.
Illustrations (Photographs), pl. 10.