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Cloghermore, Dalkey Island, Dooey, Dowdstown, Faughart Lower, Feltrim Hill, Garryduff,
Johnstown, Kilgobbin, Kilgreany, Killickaweeny, Lough Faughan, Meadowbank, Moynagh
Lough, Parknahown, Raystown, Rosepark, The Spectacles, Tulsk and Uisneach). Seven sites
had four materials (of these Deer Park Farms, Ballinderry I, Ballinderry II and Rathtinaun had
copper alloy, iron, bone and wood; Knowth had iron, bronze, bone and gunmetal;
Baronstown, Rathmullan Lower and Roestown 2 had bone, iron, bronze and antler (not
always counted separately from bone in reports). As noted in Table 7.4, Lagore along had
pins of five different materials, as well as the second-highest overall number.
Fig. 7.4: pins by site types (152 sites)
The different materials used in pins (copper alloy, iron and bone/antler) occur on all site
types (Fig. 7.5). Copper alloy, as the most common material, dominates most site types,
although this trend is reversed at cashels, where more sites have iron pins than copper alloy
pins; in addition, the numbers of cemetery/settlement sites with iron pins is equal to that
with copper alloy pins. Whether this reflects issues relating to these types of sites in general,
or the specific examples examined in this report, is unclear, but may warrant further
examination.
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