Late Bronze Age, Bronze Cauldron, HCA 458

This bronze cauldron was discovered at Toome near Ballyscullion, Co. Antrim. The body and rim are made from eight pieces of beaten bronze, each hammered to a thickness of about 1mm and riveted together. The horizontal rows of conical-headed rivets on the exterior are both functional and decorative. The handles are each made of four pieces of bronze: a cast circular ring of complex ribbed cross-sec…