English: Ulster Museum prehistory

Iron Age

• 1. Ribbon torc. Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
• 2. Bar twisted torc. Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
• 3. Ribbon torc. Inishowen, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
• 4. Earrings, Limavady, Co. Londonderry, Ireland.
• 5. Ribbon torc.Rasharkin, Co.Antrim, Ireland.
• 6. Scabbard plates and chape (right).Lisnacrogher, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
• 7. Bracelet.Ballycastle, Co.Antrim, Ireland.
• 8. Decorated mount.Lisnacrogher, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
• 9. Decorated ring. Ireland.
• 10. Ring-headed pin. Ireland.
• 11.Ring-headed pin. Ireland.
• 12.Ring-headed pin.Lisnacrogher, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
• 13. Mount decorated with animal heads.Ireland.
• 14.Mount decorated with birds.Lisnacrogher, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
• 15. Brooch.Co. Offaly, Ireland.
• 16. Brooch and glass beads. Kiltierny, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland.
• 17. Decorated bronz disc (know as the "Bann Disc". River Bann at Loughan Island, Co.Londonderry, Ireland.

Note Lisnacrogher, Co. Antrim.

In the 1880s the largest find of Iron Age metalwork ever found in Ireland was made at Lisnacrogher, Co. Antrim. In the 1870s a bog at Lisnacrogher, Co. Antrim, 6km north of Ballymena, that occupied the basin of a former lake was drained to facilitate... In the 1880s the largest find of Iron Age metalwork ever found in Ireland was made at Lisnacrogher, Co. Antrim.

In the 1870s a bog at Lisnacrogher, Co. Antrim, 6km north of Ballymena, that occupied the basin of a former lake was drained to facilitate peat-cutting. In the course of the subsequent peat-cutting a crannog, an artificial platform constructed in the lake, was uncovered. As the peat was dug out of the bed of the lake the oak timbers that made up the crannog were exposed and in the 1880s an extraordinary collection of artefacts was uncovered in the area around the crannog.

The metalwork found consists of 4 iron swords, 4 sword scabbards, 3 sword chapes and 2 possible chape fragments, 2 iron spearheads, and 19 spear butts with 17 spear shaft fragments. There were also 4 mounts, 2 ring-headed pins, a ribbon torc, a bronze necklet, 2 bronze bracelets, 2 spiral rings, 4 penannular rings, a stone bead, a bronze bowl, an iron Axehead, adze head, sickle and billhook. There were also 8 decorated bronze mounts, 11 rings, and 2 bronze strips.