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When the safe deposit boxes are opened what would you like to find? Here’s my first three #prehistoricgold lunulae. I can’t believe they were all melted down.
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the Derrynaflan hoard-chalice, paten, strainer & basin.This find changed our understanding of early medieval metalwork in Ireland & the law on unregulated use of metal detectors. If you name the ‘famous 5’ - full marks!
Just a yr ago a great hoard of #prehistoricgold rings, weight >4kg, was found at Tullydonnell, Co. Donegal-now on display @NMIreland. Luckily this find fell into good hands & can now be enjoyed by everyone. The rings provide the ideal gold alloy for torcs such as some now lost.
10/32 Co. Dublin In the 1990s on a big housing site in Ballycullen, at the foot of the Dublin mountains, a builder found a #prehistoricgold Late BA cup-ended ornament or ‘dress-fastener’ - a fibula to antiquarians. Luckily it wasn’t mistaken for a fancy doorpull. @NMIreland
‘There’s one fair county in Ireland....’ 2/32 - Co. Armagh is the recorded findplace of this LBA #prehistoricgold disc. Decorated with concentric circles and bosses like a miniature Lough Gur shield it may have been part of a gorget or ear-spool. #Ór @NMIreland.