Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Late Bronze Age gold gorget (replica)

The original (in the Dublin Museum) is of thin reddish gold, hammered up into three bold rolls ornamented with small bosses in repousse, the ends of the body being covered with two discs similarly ornamented with bosses, a central one and two concentric rows of smaller.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

1899.113

Find Information

Site Name: Ireland, Europe

Acquisition

unknown, 1899

Measurements

diameter / mm:280
maximum thickness / mm:50
thickness / mm
weight / g:345

Material

Electrotype
Copper alloy

Location

in collections
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