In addition to the foregoing there are 16 in the collection of the
R.I.A. and 5 in the British Museum, and about 6 in private
collections, which are known to have been found in Ireland, but of
which the localities have not been recorded.
ENGLAND (4).
Cornwall, | 4 | Penzance (1), Padstow (2), Lesnewth (1) (Arch.
| | Journ., vol. xxii, 276).
WALES (1).
Carnavonshire,| 1 | Llanllyfni (British Museum).
SCOTLAND (4).
Lanarkshire, | 2 | Southside near Coulter (Anderson, vol. i, p. 223).
| |
Dumfriesshire,| 1 | Auchentaggart (Anderson, vol. i, p. 222).
| |
Elginshire, | 1 | Fochabers (Cat. Nat. Mus., Scot., p. 210).
[Illustration: Fig. 53.--Gold Lunula found at Athlone.]
FRANCE (6).
Cotes du Nord,| 1 | Saint-Potan (Reinach, Revue Celtique, 1900,
| | p. 95).
| |
Manche, | 3 | Tourlaville (1), Valognes (1) (Reinach, R. C.,
| | 1900, p. 95).
| | Montebourg (1) (Cong. Arch. de France, 1905,
| | p. 301).
| |
Vendee, | 2 | Bourneau (1), Nesmy (1) (Reinach, R. C., 1900,
| | p. 95).
BELGIUM (1).
Luxemburg, | 1 | Fauvillers (Cong. Arch. de France, 1905, p. 302).
DENMARK (2).
Zealand, | 1 | Grevinge (A. f. Anth. xix, 9).
| |
Funen, | 1 | Skogshoeierup (A. f. Anth. xix, 9).
[Illustration: Fig. 54.--Map showing the Distribution of Lunulae in
Ireland and Europe.]
GERMANY (1).
Hanover, | 1 | Schulenburg (Leine) Springe (1911).
CHAPTER V
DAGGERS AND RAPIERS
[Illustration: Fig. 55.--Stone celt, Bronze dagger with gold band,
and Urn found in Topped Mountain Cairn, Co. Fermanagh.]
As has been mentioned, as well as being parent to the spear-head, the
small weak knife-dagger frequently found in early Bronze-Age burials
also developed into the true dagger-blade, and in course of time into
the sword. Bronze daggers have often been found in Ireland; there are
about forty in the National Collection. Among the most interesting
finds of these early daggers may be mentioned that discovered in 1897
at an interment at Topped Mountain Cairn, County Fermanagh. This
dagger measures 5-5/8 inches, and is covered with a beautiful blue
patina. It is decorated with raised lines on each side of the blade,
and has two small rivets. It was discovered in a cist in the cairn
lying at the right side of the skull of an uncremated body, and in the
same place was a small band of gold which appears to have been half
of a band of that metal which was probably round the handle of the
dagger (fig. 55). Another interesting find is the small bronze dagger
discovered with urns and cremated bones in a cist at Annaghkeen Cairn,
County Galway, in 1908.
[Illustration: Fig. 56.--Dagger and Rapier blades.]
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