Co Carlow: Archaeological Objects at The British Museum

August 20, 2020

The British Museum holds 10 items identified as coming from Co Carlow. The majority of these (10) are assigned to the Bronze Age. The most common object type represented are vases (3). The material types represented in this assemblage are Pottery (4), along with Stone, Bone, and Metal (2 each).

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Neolithic/Bronze Age: Bone item

Ballon Hill, tumulus

19201109.470

Bone pin fragment; looped head of pin; loop worn through; decorated

http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=817987&partId=1

Neolithic/Bronze Age: Stone item

Ballon Hill

end scraper

19201109.140

Stone end scraper.

http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1388469&partId=1

Neolithic (?)/Bronze Age (?)/Iron Age (?): Stone item

Ardristan quarry, 2 miles from Ballon Hill

bead

19201109.290

Stone bead (decorated).

http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1388464&partId=1

Bronze Age: Bone item

Possibly from Ballon Hill cemetery

human cremation

19201109.1b

[as 19201109.1a]

http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=816643&partId=1

Bronze Age: Metal items

River Barrow

sword

18470113.100

Copper alloy sword handle and blade portion, four rivets in situ. Tang missing. The butt has four rivets one of which retains a rivet stump. Slight ricasso present. The blade is a pointed oval in cross-section and has a ridge parallel to the edges which have suffered some damage. The blade has been broken, apparently in fairly recent times. The surface of the blade is reasonably smooth.

http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=806804&partId=1

Nurney

socketed axe

WG.1567

Copper alloy socketed axe; cast. Mouth is oval, with bevelled and uneven rim. Loop is set at base of collar, ends extend a little on to body.

http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=807550&partId=1

Bronze Age: Pottery items

Possibly from Ballon Hill cemetery

bowl

19201109.1a

Pottery tripartite bowl (variant) with incised lines on the rim bevel and broad shallow incised lines on the exterior. Incised or impressed short lines occur just below the rim and on two horizontal ribs. Cremation in a bag mixed with pot sherds.

http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=816643&partId=1