Celtic art in Pagan and Christian timesAllen, J. Romilly (John Romilly)
Philosophy
Celtic art in Pagan and Christian times
Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly)
Art, Celtic
Late-Celtic bronze helmets are of great rarity. There are two in the
British Museum, one from the Thames at London, and the other from
an unknown locality. A third from Torrs, Kirkcudbrightshire, is now
preserved at Abbotsford, near Melrose. The specimen from the Thames is
furnished with two conical horns terminating in small turned knobs,
all the different pieces of wrought metal being riveted together with
extreme neatness. The front of the helmet is ornamented with small,
round enamelled discs and repoussé work in very low relief. The other
helmet in the British Museum is shaped like a jockey’s cap, and is
particularly ugly in appearance.
The helmet at Abbotsford has been so fully described by Dr. Joseph
Anderson in his _Scotland in Pagan Times: The Iron Age_ (p. 113) that
it will not be necessary to say more about it here.
Decorated bronze helmets of the La Tène period have been found in
France at Berru[189] (Marne) and Gorge-Meillet[190] (Marne).
[189] A. Bertrand’s _Archéologie Celtique et Gauloise_, 2nd ed., 1889,
p. 356.
[190] E. Fourdrignier’s _Double Sépulture Gauloise de la Gorge-Meillet_.
It will be seen from the list given below how extremely common finds of
Late-Celtic horse-trappings have been.
_List of Localities in Great Britain where_
_Late-Celtic Horse-trappings have been found._
South Shields Co. Durham.
Stanwick Yorkshire.
Arras Yorkshire.
Rise Yorkshire.
Danes’ Graves Yorkshire.
Kirkby Thore Westmoreland.
Hunsbury Northamptonshire.
Locality unknown Lincolnshire.
Leicester Leicestershire.
The Fens Cambridgeshire.
Saham Toney Norfolk.
Westhall Suffolk.
Norton Suffolk.
London Middlesex.
Canterbury Kent.
Bapchild Kent.
Stouting Kent.
Alfriston Sussex.
Chessell Down Isle of Wight.
Hagbourn Hill Berkshire.
Polden Hill Somersetshire.
Hamdon Hill Somersetshire.
Abergele Denbighshire.
Neath Glamorganshire.
Clova Aberdeenshire.
Crichie Aberdeenshire.
Ardoch Perthshire.
Middleby Dumfriesshire.
Kirriemuir Forfarshire.
Henshole Roxburghshire.
Torwoodlee Selkirkshire.
Stanhope Peeblesshire.
Lochlee Ayrshire.
Dowalton Wigtownshire.
Birrenswark Dumfriesshire.
Auchendolly Kirkcudbrightshire.
Ballycostello Co. Mayo.
Clooncunra Co. Roscommon.
Emlagh Co. Roscommon.
Tara Co. Meath.
Ballynaminton King’s Co.
Kilkeeran Co. Monaghan.
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