Iron Age

Question 0

Where was the broighter collar found?

Answer 0

Broighter, county Derry

Question 1

When was the broighter Collar found?

Answer 1

1st century BC

Question 2

Describe the form of the broighter collar

Answer 2

Two gold half loops with distinctive fasteners

Question 3

What techniques were used to make the broighter collar?

Answer 3

Made from two broad gold ribbons. Decorated down the centre with interlocking curves using Repousse. Rolled into tubes. Tubes were soldered together. Tubes were them moulded into semi hoops. The two end terminals are decorated with transverse ridging using Repousse. Locked around the neck. T shaped lock.

Question 4

Describe the decoration of the broighter collar

Answer 4

The broighter collar is decorated with swirls balanced by leaf motifs and trumpet forms in relief. The remaining surface is incised with fine lines.

Question 5

What is the function of the broighter collar?

Answer 5

Worn around the neck by important members of society

Question 6

What was the name given to art during the Iron Age?

Answer 6

La Tene

Question 7

What evidence is there that the celts came to Ireland?

Answer 7

No evidence of settlements. However, evidence of artefacts

Question 8

What metal did celts exploit in Iteland?

Answer 8

Iron

Question 9

What problem is there in the preservation of Iron?

Answer 9

It rusts

Question 10

What is the main design on Iron Age art.

Answer 10

Curvlinear lines

Question 11

When was the Turoe stone found?

Answer 11

50 BC

Question 12

Where was the Turoe stone found?

Answer 12

Turoe, Loughrea. county Galway

Question 13

What size is the Turoe stone?

Answer 13

Approx 1 metre

Question 14

What is the Turoe stone made from?

Answer 14

Granite

Question 15

Describe the form of the Turoe stone

Answer 15

Phallic shape, curvilinear lines decoration, La Tene design, carved in relief

Question 16

Describe the techniques used on the Turoe stone

Answer 16

Hard iron tools allowed for very fine carving

Question 17

Describe the decoration of the Turoe stone

Answer 17

Structured design, curvilinear and free flowing, abstract leaf forms. (Classic feature of La Tene art) Single triskele design

Question 18

What was the Turoe stone used for?

Answer 18

A fertility symbol

Question 19

When was the castlesrange stone found?

Answer 19

Approx 50 BC

Question 20

Where was the Castlesrange stone found?

Answer 20

Castlerange, Athleague, county Rosscommon

Question 21

What size is the castlesgrange stone?

Answer 21

0.5 metres

Question 22

What is the form of the castlesgrange stone?

Answer 22

Rounded granite boulder with La Tene designs, smaller than the turoe stone.

Question 23

What techniques are seen on the castlesgrange stone?

Answer 23

Carefully shaped and smoothed. Design incised onto the stone

Question 24

What decoration is seen on the castlesgrange stone?

Answer 24

Not executed to same standard as Turoe stone. Not carved as deeply. Composed of thin free flowing free hand lines, tendrical curvilinear lines with trumpet forms, spirals and peltae

Question 25

What was the function of the castlesgrange Stone?

Answer 25

Rituals

Question 26

When was the Bronze Sword Hilt found?

Answer 26

1st Centuary BC

Question 27

When was the Petrie crown found?

Answer 27

1st Centuary AD

Question 28

Where was the Petrie crown found?

Answer 28

Location unkown

Question 29

What size is the Petrie crown?

Answer 29

15cm

Question 30

Describe the form of the Petrie crown

Answer 30

Two circular concave roundels, mounted onto plates. A conical horn is fixed behind the roundels

Question 31

What material was the Petrie crown?

Answer 31

Bronze

Question 32

Where was the bronze sword hilt found?

Answer 32

Ballyshannon, county Donegal

Question 33

What size is the Bronze sword hilt?

Answer 33

13cm

Question 34

What material is the bronze sword hilt made from?

Answer 34

Bronze

Question 35

Describe the form of the bronze sword hilt

Answer 35

A solid bronze handle for a small sword with the features of a human

Question 36

Describe the techniques used to make the bronze sword hilt

Answer 36

Made by stone casting

Question 37

Describe the decoration seen on the stone sword hilt

Answer 37

Decorated with human form. The fine features of the face were chiselled after casting

Question 38

What was the bronze sword hilt used for?

Answer 38

It provides a grip for the user and protects the hand from the blade

Question 39

What techniques can you see on the Petrie crown

Answer 39

Parts cut from sheet bronze, hammered into shape. Motifs in very low relief.

Question 40

Describe the decoration on the Petrie crown

Answer 40

Zoomorphic motifs, curvilinear spirals ending in trumpets and stylised bird heads

Question 41

What was the function of the Petrie crown?

Answer 41

Worn on the head by a very important person of society or a religious community

Question 42

When was the loughnashade trumpet found?

Answer 42

1st Centuary AD

Question 43

Where was the loughnashade trumpet found?

Answer 43

Loughnashade, county Antrim

Question 44

What size was the Loughnashade trumpet?

Answer 44

1.27cm

Question 45

What was the loughnashade trumpet made from?

Answer 45

Bronze

Question 46

Describe the form of the Loughnashade trumpet

Answer 46

Bronze, decorative disk at the mouth

Question 47

What techniques were used to make the Loughnashade trumpet?

Answer 47

Body of trumpet made by rolling a sheet of bronze. A ridged ring half way down for support. One end finished with a rolled mouth piece the other end has a conical form beginning at the midway ring.

Question 48

Describe the decoration on the Loughnashade trumpet

Answer 48

The face of the trumpet is decorated with tendril like curving repoussed lines. Symmetrical

Question 49

What is the function of the Loughnashade trumpet?

Answer 49

Used in battle or perhaps ceremonial purposes

Question 50

When was the gold torc found?

Answer 50

Approx 300 BC

Question 51

Where was the gold torc found?

Answer 51

Clonmacnoise, county Offaly

Question 52

What size is the gold torc?

Answer 52

14.5cm in diameter

Question 53

What material is the gold torc made from?

Answer 53

Gold and Platinum

Question 54

What is the form of the gold torc?

Answer 54

Two half joined hoops of hollow gold tubing linked at the back with a small gold metal box.Front piece decorated cylindrical centre and conical sides

Question 55

What technique was used to make the gold torc?

Answer 55

Soldering gold sheet metal tubing. Metal box at back formed from gold sheet metal with repoussed curvilinear design.

Question 56

What decoration is seen on the gold torc?

Answer 56

The main tube is undecorated back terminals have curvilinear design

Question 57

What was the function of the gold torc?

Answer 57

Worn around the neck by important members of society