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XIX. 



TWO UNPUBLISHED LUNULAE AND OTHER OBJECTS. 



Plate XLVIII. 



By GEORGE COFFEY. 



Read January 13. Published Februauy 8, 1913. 



In my paper on the Distribution of Gold Lunulae,' in which I mapped their 

 geographical distribution, and gave a list of all those either existing or of which 

 there were any records that I could trace, I was able to show that at least 

 sixty-one specimens had been found in Ireland, while eighteen had been found 

 in England or on the Continent. Since the publication of the paper three more 

 lunulae have been found, two in Ireland, which are unpublished, and one at 

 Hanover in Germany, recently published.^ Of the two Irish examples one 

 was found at Lisanover, Bawnboy, County Cavan, in September, 1910, by 

 Mr. Patrick McAvinue and his son while quarrying stones. They came upon 

 the lunula 8 or 9 feet below the surface in a fissure of the rock. It was 

 obtained by the Eoyal Irish Academy from the finders as treasure trove, and 

 is now deposited in the National Collection. This lunula is a fine specimen, 

 and is in exceptionally good preservation. It measures 8^ inches in height, 

 T-yf inches in breadth, and the aperture for the neck measures Scinches. It 

 weighs 1 oz. 14 dwts. 5 grs. The general character of the ornamentation is of 

 the usual type, and resembles that of several others in the collection. The 

 illustration will make the details clear ; but attention may be called to the 

 expanded ends for attachment, which vary in the different examples 

 (Plate XLVIII, fig. 1). 



I regret to say I have not been able to trace the provenance of the other 

 lunula. It is at present in the possession of Mr. H. G. B. Clements, of 

 Killadoon, Celbridge, and he has kindly allowed me to have a drawing of it 

 made for the purposes of this paper. Mr. Clements informs me he knows 

 nothing of the provenance of the lunula, except that it was formerly 

 in the possession of the Earl of Leitrim. It weighs 1 oz. 13 dwts. 21 grs. In 

 its present state it is broken across, as shown in the drawing. It measures 

 8 inches in breadth and 7|- inches in height. Both the expanded ends for the 

 attachments of the fastening have been broken off, and on one side two holes 



iProc. E. I. A., Vol. xxvii. Sec. C, p. 251. 



' Jourmil Roy. Soc. of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. xlii, p. -18. 



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