penannular bracelet
- Museum number
- 1857,0627.6
- Description
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Gold penannular bracelet. The solid thin body has a circular section and it is unevenly curved. The ends are expanded to form solid, plain and circular sectioned terminals.
- Production date
- 1150BC-750BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 8.46 millimetres (terminal)
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Diameter: 75.11 millimetres
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Weight: 27 grammes
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Thickness: 3.25 millimetres
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Width: 3.36 millimetres
- Curator's comments
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The bracelet is part of the largest hoard of gold objects found in Ireland near Newmarket on Fergus. The discovery of the hoard was made in March 1854 by labourers working on the construction of the Limerick to Ennis railway.
The find was dispersed at the time of the discovery and a large proportion was melted down. For that reason the total contents of the hoard can never be established but 146 pieces survived to be presented at a meeting of the Royal Irish Academy on June 26th 1854 weighing 174 oz 11dwt 7 gr or nearly 5kg.
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The hoard was discovered on low ground in the area between Lock Ataska and Mooghaun Loch. It has been stated that the area was under water prior the modern cutting of a deep drain from Mooghaun Lake. Accounts of the precise place of discovery vary, but it appears that the ornaments were packed into a cavity.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2019 Oct – Dec, Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, Hoards: the hidden history of ancient Britain
2019 28 Jun – 28 Sep, Brading Roman Villa, Isle of Wight, Hoards: the hidden history of ancient Britain
2019 13 Apr – 16 Jun, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Hoards: the hidden history of ancient Britain
2019 18 Jan – 31 Mar, Ulster Museum, NMNI, Belfast, Hoards: the hidden history of ancient Britain
1991 23 Aug-24 Nov, Dublin, National Museum of Ireland, Irish Bronze Age Gold
Loaned not exhibited:
2018-2019 13 Oct – 5 Jan, Salisbury Museum, Hoards: the hidden history of ancient Britain
- Acquisition date
- 1857
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1857,0627.6