Fig. 51.—Gold Lunula found at Valognes, Manche.
Two have been found in the West Baltic at Zealand and Funen. They have otherwise hardly penetrated beyond Brittany. One has recently (1912) been found at Hanover, and another some time ago at Fauvillers, Luxembourg. This failure to penetrate far beyond the coasts of England and Brittany may point to early raids; but the copper and tin of Cornwall, as well as the tin deposits of Brittany and the general trade with Brittany, may indicate the early seeking of the Irish gold deposits. We may take as a provisional date for the lunulæ, 1200 to 1000 b.c.
Fig. 52.—Gold Lunula found in Co. Londonderry.
Lunulæ now existing or known to have formerly existed:—
IRELAND (62 at least).
| County. | No. | Reference. |
| Donegal, | 2 | R.I.A. 1889: 20 (1). Trenta, Carrigans. R.I.A. 1909: 6 (1). Naran. |
| Londonderry, | 2 | R.I.A. W. 12 (1). R.I.A. (loan 1907: 7) (1). |
| Antrim, | 3 | Dublin Penny Journal, vol. iv, p. 295. |
| Down, | 1 | Castlereagh, Ulster Journal of Archæology, vol. ix, p. 46. |
| Tyrone, | 3 | Trillick, R.I.A. 1884: 495 (1). Carrickmore, R.I.A. 1900: 50 (1). Tartaraghan, Ulster Journal of Archæology, vol. ix, p. 47 (at Cecil, Augher) (1). |
| Mayo, | 1 | R.I.A. 1909. |
| Sligo, | 1 | Windele’s Miscellanea, p. 206. |
| Fermanagh, | 1 | Enniskillen (Day Coll.). |
| Monaghan, | 1 | Ballybay (Day Coll.). |
| Galway, | 1 | R.I.A. W. 10 (Sirr Coll.). |
| Roscommon, | 2 | Athlone, R.I.A. W. 5, and 1893: 4. |
| Cavan, | 3 | Newtown, R.I.A. 1884: 494 (1). Bailieborough (British Museum) (1). Lisanover, Bawnboy. 1910: 45 (1). |
| Westmeath, | 2 | Ross, R.I.A. 1896: 15 (1). Mullingar, 1884: 7 (1). |
| Kildare, | 4 | Dunfierth, R.I.A. W. 4, 8, 9, and 15. |
| Clare, | 2 | Porsoon Callan, R.I.A. 1877: 52 (1). Proc. R.I.A., vol. viii, p. 83 (1). |
| Tipperary, | 1 | Glengall (British Museum). |
| Kerry, | 5 | Banmore, R.I.A. R., 1755, 1756, 1757 (3): R.I.A., Killarney, W. 2 (1). Mangerton (Brit. Mus.) (1). |
| Cork | 2 | Ballycotton (Brit. Mus.) (1), and one or perhaps two in Mr. Cliborn’s scrap-book in R.I.A. |
In addition to the foregoing there are 16 in the collection of the R.I.A. and 5 in the British Museum, and about 6 in private collections, which are known to have been found in Ireland, but of which the localities have not been recorded.