Object: Lunula
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science & Art, Dublin, No. 4, Plate I, Mus. Ref. 137. Wilde's Cat. 15.
Site: Ireland, Co Kildare, Dunfierth (barony of Carbury)
County: County Kildare
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Weight (g): 12
Composition: gold
Associations: This was found with three others (Nos. 1, 2 & 3, Plate I) in hard gravel, apparently the remains of a tochar or ancient road through a boggy field. The Museum Register states that these were forwarded by Mrs. Tyrell of Ballinderry & that they were found "together with several bones."
Description: Pierced with a small hole at extreme end.