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Fig 3.2: brooches by site types (40 sites; no brooches were found in sites
consisting only of souterrains)
Fig. 7.3: Geographical distribution of sites with brooches (by modern province)
Copper alloy is the most common material used in excavated brooches. Twenty-eight of the
sites had brooches of copper alloy only, and four had iron only (Altanagh, Ballyegan,
Feerwore and Rathgurreen). Five sites had brooches of both materials (Dooey, Lagore,
Millockstown, Uisneach and Rathtinaun). As noted in Table 7.3, several sites with two or
more brooches saw the use of both copper alloy and iron in these ornaments, indicating
access to multiple metals in many cases.
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