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Gold lunula from Schulenburg, Germany, Provincial, linear group. 3rd millennium BC. Of the more than a hundred gold lunulae known from Western Europe, more than eighty are from Ireland; [4] it is possible they were all the work of a handful of expert goldsmiths, though the three groups are presumed to have had different creators. Several ...
It was found in a bog at Coggalbeg, County Roscommon in 1945, [2] and consists of a gold lunula (a crescent shaped "little moon") and two small gold discs, of a type known from other examples, decorated with a cross motif within two circles. The pieces are flat and thin, and collectively weigh under 78 grams (2.8 oz), indicating that they were ...
The lunula is made of decorated gold and dated to 2200-2000 BC and is one of the earliest gold ornaments from Wales. [1] Other estimates suggest 2400-2000 BC of the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age. [2] The lunula is the heaviest lunula from the islands of Britain and Ireland, weighing 185g. [3] Llanllyfni lunula.
St. Patrick's Day is the perfect time to celebrate with fun, Irish-inspired food. To help you make the most of this March 17, 2024 holiday, we've gathered 50 of our best St. Patrick's Day recipes ...
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Bronze Age goldwork is marked by an elegant simplicity of design and fine execution, with decoration usually restricted to relatively simple geometric patterns such as parallel lines, chevron, zig-zag and circular patterns, often extremely small and perfectly executed, especially in Ireland, as can be seen by enlarging the lunula and Irish ...
A gold lunula with two gold discs was found in Cabeceiras de Basto, Portugal, dating from the Bell Beaker period. [88] [89] In 2016 archaeologists discovered a large circular earthwork enclosure in southern Spain near Carmona (Sevilla), dating from the Bell Beaker period, c.2600–2200 BC. The complex of concentric rings, known as 'La Loma del ...
Irish gold personal ornaments began to be produced within about 200 years either side of 2000 BC, especially in the thin crescent-shaped gold disks known as lunulae, which were probably first made in Ireland, where over eighty of the around one hundred known examples were found. A range of thin decorated gold discs, bands and plaques, often ...