This report records the results of an archaeological excavation at Site 16 in the townland of Priestsnewtown, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow (NGR 327782 208957). The excavation was conducted under licence 04E0496. The site was originally identified during monitoring of the Greystones Sout
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A head of a man in bronze on a circular base. His hair is indicated by incised lines and he looks upwards.
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An ivory plaque engraved with a scene of a seated man with a dog, which is sitting and raising its paw. The letters L and R are also carved on the plaque.
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A bronze putto or child-like figure in bronze. The feet and lower left leg is missing. The right hand is raised to the mouth and the left is raised in greeting or blessing.
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A pointed oval seal matrix with an inscription around the edge. There is a central figure with hands clasped together and standing on a platform over another figure.
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An oval seal matrix showing the figure of a bishop or saint with his hand up in blessing and carrying a crozier. There is a figure on either side and over his head. There is an inscription around the edge.
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A carved human figure in ivory. The figure is seated or squatting and wearing a head-dress.
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An intaglio, an incised relief carving in amber, of a head of a man in profile. The man has curled hair falling to his shoulders there is a scarf knotted around his neck. He looks to the left.
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A bronze candlestick-holder with scallop design edge. The holder is split.
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A bronze bell, rectangular in section and tapering at the top. There is a handle at the top and an apparently cylindrical clapper inside. Monastic hand-bells were used in monasteries and the early Irish Church. They had symbolic function for abbots as a call to prayer and were oc
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A stone mortar with projecting corner lugs and a flat base.
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Every place has a story to tell but, with the passing of time, not all stories are preserved. The archaeological discoveries presented in this book afford a rare chance to hear from people whose voices would be lost were it not for the opportunities for discovery presente
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