Co Kildare: Archaeological Objects at The British Museum

The British Museum holds eight items identified as coming from Co Kildare. The majority of these (3) are assigned to the Bronze Age, followed by the Late Medieval period (2). The most common object type represented are floors (2). Only three material types are represented in this assemblage: Metal (5), Pottery (2), and Stone (1).




Neolithic/Bronze Age: Stone item
Kildare
axe
18730602.166
Polished stone axe with flat butt; slight damage at butt end of face.
http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1556848&partId=1


Bronze Age: Metal items
Kildare
socketed axe
18730602.160
Copper alloy socketed axe; cast. Body cross-section octagonal. Unusual axe as it has a band of five ridges around the lower part of the neck.
http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=807564&partId=1

Kildare
sword
18761214.130
Copper alloy sword. The tang has been cast on. It has one rivet-hole and there are three rivet-holes in the rounded butt; the repair may have filled up another.
http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=807809&partId=1

Latallion
pin
19211206.320
Copper alloy disc headed pin with pimple in centre of head.
http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=830866&partId=1


Middle Bronze Age: Metal item
Kildare
palstave
18730602.900
Copper alloy palstave, damaged.
http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=807204&partId=1


Early Medieval: Metal item
Ballitore (near)
penannular brooch
18710401.170
Leaded bronze penannular brooch with grooved hoop; expanded zoomorphic terminals with triangular enamel and millefiori settings.
5thC-7thC
http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=87020&partId=1


Late Medieval: Pottery items
Newbridge Abbey, abbey
floor-tile
19470505.2209
Earthenware floor tile, lead-glazed.
14thC-15thC
http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=25758&partId=1

Newbridge Abbey, abbey
floor-tile
19470505.2208
Earthenware floor tile, lead-glazed.
14thC-15thC
http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=25792&partId=1

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