"Our experts at the NMI have identified these items as flat ax heads from the Bronze Age, a significant archaeological find that offers a glimpse into Ireland's distant past." The metal tools date ...

For Ireland and Britain, it dates to about 2500 B.C., when early Bronze Age Irish craftsmen made great strides in metallurgy and demonstrated extraordinary skill in the production of gold artifacts.

The Bronze Age in Ireland started around 2500BC and continued until about 500BC. This is when our ancestors learned to make and use bronze which meant much stronger weapons and tools. They also ...

and Early Bronze Age. Fine-grained stone was quarried from hillsides in Cumbria, Wales, Cornwall and Northern Ireland. Mined flint is of better quality than surface flint. Mines are known in ...

It is the first of its kind to be uncovered on the island, and while similar examples have been located in the UK, Ireland ... Iron Age finds were "relatively scarce", in particular bronze spoons ...

BRONZE AGE FATHER:Now, this how we turn rocks into ... KS1 and KS2 in Northern Ireland. Also Early 1st and 2nd Level in Scotland.

A 2,000-year-old bronze ritual spoon discovered on the Isle ... Similar examples have been located in the UK, Ireland and France, but it is the first of its kind to be uncovered on the island ...