Site Site type Metal-working features Garryduff, Co. Cork Artefacts complete and 2500 sherds crucibles, tuyères. Univallate Rath Paving and hearth? 3 Complete crucibles, 24 fragments, ‘blow pipe’, 9 stone trial pieces Reference O’Kelly 1963, 95-99. Glebe, Co. Dublin Univallate ringfort Pyramidal crucible Seaver 2011, 51-64 Gortnahown, Univallate rath Young 2009b Co. Cork Granagh, Co. Galway Gransha, Co. Down Illaunloghan, Co. Kerry Iniscealtra, Co. Clare Island McHugh, Co. Tyrone Kilgobbin, Stepaside, Co. Dublin Kilpatrick, Corbetstown, Co. Meath Kiltiernan, Co. Galway Knockea, Co. Limerick Knowth, Co. Meath Knoxspark, Co. Sligo Lagore, Co. Meath Brazing shrouds, bronze/copper-alloy slag, 3 sherds of crucible (2 pyramidal) Inauguration site? Crucible Rynne 1971:0018. Raised rath Moulds, motif pieces, crucible Lynn 1985, 88. Ecclesiastical Motif piece, moulds, Marshall & Walsh tuyère, Iron punch 2005, 19. Ecclesiastical Copper-working area Motif-piece Ryan 1988, 44. and furnace Crannog Crucibles Davies 1950, 44 Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Non-ferrous- and iron-working in same area Crucibles – 7 frags. Flat bottomed, 5 indeterminable, slags (type un-stated), clay mould Mould, crucible, iron punch Bolger 2004:0647 Bolger 2008, 85-112 Swan 1994-5, 5. Ecclesiastical None Crucibles, slag?, Waddell & Clyne 1995, hammerstones 195-196. Raised settlement 1 Crucible O'Kelly, 1967 and adjacent cemetery Enclosed settlement Metal-working hearth Frags of 10 Crucibles Eogan 1977, 74. (one for gold work), 3 Barton-Murray and heating trays, 2 stone Bayley <strong>2012</strong>, 526-533. ingot moulds, 1 two part clay mould. Scrap metal, lead disc, crozier frag Promontory fort Silvered bronze clippings Crannog 263 Crucibles (including frags), motif pieces, 2 clay mould, 6 stone ingot moulds, tuyères, copper ore, copper wire, lead model for ringed pin Mount 2002, 2010 Hencken 1950 126, 170-73, 240-41; Comber 2004, 137-78. Comber 1997, 101-114 Letterkeen, Univallate Rath Burnt spread 1 base and small Ó Ríordáin & Co. Mayo. associated with crucible frags. McDermott 1952, 114. possible stone Heavily burnt and structure glazed clay Lisdoo, Univallate Rath 6 frags of at least 2 Brannon 1981-2a, 57. Co. Fermanagh Crucibles Lisduggan (2), Univallate Rath 1 fragment crucible Twohig 1990, 19. Co. Cork Lisleagh I, Co. Cork Multivallate Bronze-working debris Monk 1988, 1993 Lissue, Co. Antrim Univallate Rath Slate trial-piece Bersu 1947, 1948 Lough Faughan, Co. Down Crannog Collins 1955, 58-59, 66, 74. Marlinstown, Co. Westmeath Cabinteely, Mount Offaly, Co. Dublin Settlement/ Cemetery Settlement/ Cemetery 1 pyramidal crucible and frags of others (traces of copper and tin), 1 clay mould, slag (copper). 3 Fragments crucibles Keeley 1990:0113; Keeley 1991:0126 Slag Conway 1999, 39. 82
Site Site type Metal-working features Artefacts Movilla, Ecclesiastical Possible furnace base Crucibles, scrap Co. Down copper alloy, slag Moylarg, Co. Antrim Crannog 7 crucibles, lead ring, bronze ingot, clay mould Moynagh, Crannog Two metal-working 5 complete and 117 Co. Meath area and furnace sherd crucibles, 600 clay moulds, 1 kg copper slag, 3 motif pieces, tuyère, clipped and hammered gold, gold wire, bronze Nendrum, Co. Down Newtownlow, Co. Westmeath Parknahown, Co. Laois Platin, Co. Meath Raheennamadra, Co. Limerick Rathgureen, Co. Galway Rathinaun, Co. Sligo Rathmullen, Co. Down Ratoath, Co. Meath Reask, Co. Kerry Roestown 2, Co. Meath ingot Ecclesiastical Crucibles, ingot, bronze nodules, clay mould, motif pieces Reference Ivens 1984, 77-78, 93; Yates 1983, 61. Buick 1893, 27-43 Buick 1894, 315-331 Bradley 1982-83, 24- 28; 1993, 79-80; 1994-95, 160-66; Youngs 1990, 178-84. Bourke 2007, 406-11. Crannog Crucible fragments Bourke 1985:058; Bourke 1986:078 Settlement/ 1 Crucible fragment O’Neill 2007, 2008, Cemetery 2009 Occupation site Pyramidal Crucible Lynch 2000:0774. and tuyère fragments, Young and Kearns 1 clay mould 2010, 1-10 Univallate Rath 1 Crucible Stenberger 1966, 49 Bivallate Rath Ironworking furnace 23 frags. Crucibles, tuyère? Comber 2002, 171. Crannog Crucibles and mould Comber 2008, 131. fragments Raised rath 1 Crucible fragment Lynn 1981-2, 145. Settlement/ Cemetery Ecclesiastical Enclosures Metal-working areas, furnaces Slag, 1 crucibles/heating tray, lead ingot Crucibles, slag, furnace bottoms, tuyères 3 Crucible fragments of pyramidal and flat bottomed example, 1stone ingot mould, and bone trial pieces Wallace 2004:1324 Fanning 1981, 105-10, 117-20. O’Hara 2007, 149. Sluggary, Co. Limerick Bivallate Rath Possible clay mould Shee-Twohig 1974:0029. St Gobnet’s, House (wooden 2 Crucibles with O’Kelly 1951-2 Co. Cork phase) copper residue, lengths of bronze wire Tullylish, Ecclesiastical Hearth, furnaces? Crucibles, moulds, Ivens 1987, 72, 76, Co. Down tuyères 104-06. Woodstown, Viking Settlement Hearths/furnaces tuyère, 65 fragments Russell 2003:1915; Co. Waterford of crucibles, slag, O’Brien & Russell lead/silver ingots, 1 2005, 119-22. bronze ingot, silver casting waste Table A1.2: Evidence for Non-Ferrous Metal-Working from Early Medieval sites 83
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