ly patinated celt, with a triple moulding below the expanding mouth, which was found near Belfast. With it are said to have been found a set of three gold clasps, or so-called fibulas, with discs at each end of a slug-like half-ring (see Wilde, Figs. 594 — 598). Curiously enough, I have another set… … therefore, probable that, like our modern shirt-studs, these orna- ments were worn in sets of three. A celt with four hands (3£ inches) has heen engraved by Wilde.* The middle member of the triple band is often much the largest. A small example of the same type, hut with a single band at the mouth,…
Bronze age -- Great Britain · Bronze age -- Ireland · Great Britain -- Antiquities
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