A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . Plate II. Iakt i>f Hoaki>, Donvris, Kisns ^^,s I, 2, .tl-r p. IRELAND 29 sound can be obtained from them. Socketed knives and spear-heads are also included in the find, as well as a curious hammer-head (fig. 6); and many of the objects were contained in a bronzecauldron of 21 in. diameter, formed of thin plates riveted together,similar to that exhibited in the lower part of Case 14. Thegolden tint of many of the specimens may be due to the peatynature of the soil, but very clos
A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . Plate II. Iakt i>f Hoaki>, Donvris, Kisns ^^,s I, 2, .tl-r p. IRELAND 29 sound can be obtained from them. Socketed knives and spear-heads are also included in the find, as well as a curious hammer-head (fig. 6); and many of the objects were contained in a bronzecauldron of 21 in. diameter, formed of thin plates riveted together,similar to that exhibited in the lower part of Case 14. Thegolden tint of many of the specimens may be due to the peatynature of the soil, but very closely resembles the condition ofsome bronze implements found in the Thames (Case A). Thecomposition of the metal varies, but all the pieces have a con-siderable proportion of tin, unlike the common flat celt of of the Dowris celts contains 85-23 per cent, of copper, 13-11.
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