Co Kerry: Archaeological Objects at The British Museum
The British Museum holds nine items identified as coming from Co Kerry. The majority of these are assigned to the Early Bronze Age and Early Medieval periods (2 each). The most common object type represented are flat axes (2). The most popular material types represented in this assemblage are: Metal (5), Stone (2), Leather (1) and Wood (1). < Table of Contents Neolithic/Bronze Age: Stone item Kerry axe 20050501.326 Small polished stone axe with flat butt. http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1570450&partId=1 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age: Metal item Mangerton, Engraved writing on the back of the lunula reads "Found at Mangerton July 1842 under eight feet of bog". (near) lunula 18710401.100 Gold lunula. Flat sheet crescent of beaten gold with spatulate terminals rotated relative to the crescent. It is decorated with a complex finely-incised geometric pattern. 2400BC-2000BC (c...