Bronze Age Cauldron

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Culture: Bronze Age Material: Bronze Accession No: HCA 458 Current Location: The Hunt Museum, Limerick. Found at Toome, Co. Antrim the body and rim comprise eight pieces of beaten bronze, hammered to 1mm and riveted together. Horizontal rows of conical-headed rivets are functional and decorative. Four handles are of cast circular rings of ribbed cross-section. The rim was strengthened by eight vertical slender bronze stays riveted to the body. Cauldrons date to Late Bronze Age Europe, c. 800 BC. They were highly prized, often deposited in watery places. More.

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The Hunt Museum preserves and exhibits the original artefacts gathered, over a lifetime, by John and Gertrude Hunt and known as the Hunt Collection. The Museum also displays its own collections, as well as visiting exhibitions of Local, National and International significance with the overall aim of maximising their cultural and educational potential for the people of Limerick and Ireland.

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