Gorget
The gorget ( German "Collier" ) or ornamental necklace is a special form of the lunula from the late Bronze Age (around 1200–600 BC) in Ireland . It consists of a golden crescent moon with decorated discs at each end. Only eight of these necklaces are currently known. The historical and better known form is the ring collar worn with armor .
Gleninsheen Collar
The most famous “Gorget” -art necklace was found in 1932 in the townland of Gleninsheen in County Clare, not far from the Wedge tomb there . The well-preserved specimen with a diameter of about 31 cm was found in a barrow of the Burren and dated to the 8th century BC. Dated. It has quite complicated hallmarks . Drifting was a new technique adopted by local artisans that came from the continent. The designs are of native origin and come e.g. B. also on the earlier lunulae.
Collar
The gorget is also from County Clare, in the Tulla area , but is simpler in design than Gleninsheen's, although the fixtures are of the same design. It was discovered in 1948 and dated to 800-600 BC. Dated.
Another good example comes from Ardcrony, County Tipperary .
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literature
- G. Eogan: An Eighteenth-Century Find of Four Late Bronze Age Gold Discs near Enniscorthy , County Wexford, Ireland In. Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 10, 1975 (1975), pp. 23–34, (first page of the article)
- Thomas George Eyre Powell : The Sintra Collar and the Shannongrove Gorget: aspects of Late Bronze Age goldwork in the west of Europe, In: North Munster antiquarian Jornal NMAJ Volume XVI (1973–4) 3–33.