Object: Lunula
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science & Art, Dublin. Cat. No. Pl. VI, 32; 494, 1884. Lunula & case purchased in 1884.
Site: Ireland, Co Cavan, Crossdoney, Newton, in a bog near. (6 feet deep.)
Discovery context: bog
County: County Cavan
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 187
Width (mm): 213.5; width of front 58.5
Weight (g): 32.23
Associations: * Found in case made of oak; this (text figure 4, p. 11 Mus Cat.) has been preserved; it has shrunk considerably in the drying. when found it is said to have measured 10 x 8 inches.*
Publications: *Coffey. Proc. Royal Irish Academy XXVII, Sec. C., pp. 253, 254, and pl. XI, 2.