Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

The British Museum holds 29 items identified as coming from Co Clare. The majority of these (15) are assigned to the Late Bronze Age, followed by the Bronze Age (6), and Early Medieval period (5). The most common object type represented are penannular bracelets (13)(mostly from the Mooghaun Hoard), followed by possible bells, pseudo-penannular brooches, rings, and spear-heads (2 each). Three material types are represented in this assemblage: Metal (24), Stone (2), and Amber (1). < Table of Contents Neolithic (?)/Bronze Age (?)/Iron Age (?): Stone item Noughaval dish 18540714.101 Stone dish, damaged; decorated with concentric rings on one side; stone is dark grey colour but with grey-green or orange patination; several cracks on surface in addition to damage. http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1398644&partId=1 Bronze Age: Metal items Clare flat axe 18730210.800 Copper alloy flat ...

< 3D Photos During the ‘summer’ of 2015 my family and I went off to south Galway to visit the assembled relations. While we were there we organised a couple of day trips into the Burren, Co. Clare. On one of these we visited The Burren Nature Sanctuary . It’s a lovely place with plenty of activities for kids and a great restaurant too – if you get the chance, go visit! There we were, basking in the glow of an excellent lunch; sipping our coffees and discussing the favourite sights and sounds of the day. As the Chapples Minor debated the varied merits of the animals they’d encountered, I languidly played with my iDevice, attempting to decide where we’d head for next. I was quite surprised when I saw that the beautiful megalithic tomb of Poulnabrone was just 15 minutes’ drive away … my memory was that Poulnabrone Dolmen was much further into County Clare, but maybe we weren’t as close to Kinvara as I’d thought. I mooted the idea to the family and, while no one was vastly over ...

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