Tag: bronze age
The Irish Rebel and the Ancient Sword
After the Battle of New Ross in 1798 an ancient blade was prised from the hands of a dead rebel…
A Bronze Age Gold Disc from Co. Wexford
It often sparks debate on our social media platforms when I share images of Irish artefacts that are housed in…
The Lisdrumturk Cauldron
Discovered in 1854, by turf-cutters digging in a Co. Monaghan bog, the Lisdrumturk Cauldron is an exceptional example of Late Bronze Age…
The enigmatic fulacht fiadh or burnt mound
Burnt mounds are a type of archaeological site whose defining characteristic is large quantities of heat shattered stone. These sites…
Facing the past. An anthropomorphic Bronze Age pot from Cork
An exceptional collection of Bronze Age artefacts was recently found near Mitchelstown in County Cork (Kiely & Sutton 2007)….
Irish corn-drying kilns, their Bronze Age origins?
A number of recent archaeological excavations have shed light on the possible ancient origins of corn-drying kilns in Ireland. These…
Mystery artefact sheds new light on Irish Bronze Age weaving
An unusual prehistoric artefact was recovered during the archaeological excavation of one of a pair of Middle Bronze Age structures…
Dublin, The Prehistoric City
When we think about the archaeology of Dublin the first things that comes to mind are the extensive Viking…
Halberds and Crane dances, a new theory.
Just after reading a very interesting article in the latest issue of Archaeology Ireland (Spring 2011). The article discusses how the…
Bronze Age dugout canoe, circa 2200 BC
A history of Ireland in 100 objects Bronze Age dugout canoe by Fintan O’Toole (taken from the Irish Times Link)…
