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Bronze Age gold ornaments from Ireland
The drawing shows a group of possibly late Roman gold jewellery, including a chain, two filgree gold rings inset with blue stones, and two twisted gold bracelets, found near Newgrange, Co. Meath. A Roman coin was found nearby. There is also a gold lunula found in Co. Donegal.
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Creator
- Basire, James
- British Museum
- Londesborough, Albert Denison, Baron
Subject
- Costume and Accessories
- Drawings
- Jewellery
- Metalwork
- archaeology
- Goldwork
- Drawing
- Jewelry
- Archaeology
Creator
- Basire, James
- British Museum
- Londesborough, Albert Denison, Baron
Subject
- Costume and Accessories
- Drawings
- Jewellery
- Metalwork
- archaeology
- Goldwork
- Drawing
- Jewelry
- Archaeology
Providing institution
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Intermediate provider
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Rights
- Basire, James|British Museum|Londesborough, Albert Denison, Baron
Temporal
- Bronze Age : Early
- Roman
Places
- British Museum
- Co. Donegal
- Co. Meath
- Europe
- Leinster
- Newgrange
- Republic of Ireland
- Ulster
- …
- Newgrange
- County Donegal
Provenance
- Society of Antiquaries of London Catalogue of Drawings and Museum Objects: Primeval Antiquities
Source
- Archaeology Data Sevice
Identifier
- society_albums/primeval_antiquities/pa34-1
Is part of
- http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/SoA_images/index.cfm?CFID=9579&CFTOKEN=BF7E76A0-D723-4BB2-9AC4B2BE9A527C12
References
- Lord Albert Conyngham, 'Description of Some Gold Ornaments Recently Found in Ireland', Archaeologia 30 (1844): 137. Illustration (Engraving), pl XII, opp. p. 137.|R A G Carson and Claire O'Kelly 'A Catalogue of the Roman Coins from Newgrange, Co. Meath and Notes on the Coins and Related Finds', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 77C (1977): 35-55.
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-10-26T02:53:22.909Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-07-23T22:20:57.607Z