Broighter Gold

[Darr3nG]

You kept this one quiet, @James32

 

The Broighter Boat, is part of a hoard of gold artefacts from the 1st Century.

They were discovered in 1896 near Magilligan Point, Lough Foyle, Co. Derry.

The Broighter boat, around 18cm in length was said to be an offering to Celtic sea God Manannán mac Lir.

Other items include a gold torc, a bowl and other gold chains.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broighter_Gold]

[James32]

2 minutes ago, Darr3nG said:

You kept this one quiet, @James32

 

The Broighter Boat, is part of a hoard of gold artefacts from the 1st Century.

They were discovered in 1896 near Magilligan Point, Lough Foyle, Co. Derry.

The Broighter boat, around 18cm in length was said to be an offering to Celtic sea God Manannán mac Lir.

Other items include a gold torc, a bowl and other gold chains.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broighter_Gold]

Not sure why but making me think of Easter eggs

[dicker]

Many thanks for this - I have not seen this artifact before!

[LawrenceChard]

10 hours ago, Darr3nG said:

You kept this one quiet, @James32

 

The Broighter Boat, is part of a hoard of gold artefacts from the 1st Century.

They were discovered in 1896 near Magilligan Point, Lough Foyle, Co. Derry.

The Broighter boat, around 18cm in length was said to be an offering to Celtic sea God Manannán mac Lir.

Other items include a gold torc, a bowl and other gold chains.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broighter_Gold]

If you want broighter gold coins, just give them a good polish like this:

 

Or possibly not!

At a slight tangent, what kind of accent pronounces brighter as broighter?

West country? Oirish?

😎

Edited September 3, 2022 by LawrenceChard

[LawrenceChard]

12 hours ago, Darr3nG said:

You kept this one quiet, @James32

 

The Broighter Boat, is part of a hoard of gold artefacts from the 1st Century.

They were discovered in 1896 near Magilligan Point, Lough Foyle, Co. Derry.

The Broighter boat, around 18cm in length was said to be an offering to Celtic sea God Manannán mac Lir.

Other items include a gold torc, a bowl and other gold chains.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broighter_Gold]

 

12 hours ago, James32 said:

Not sure why but making me think of Easter eggs

 

7 hours ago, dicker said:

Many thanks for this - I have not seen this artifact before!

The Broighter Boat is quite well known.

From Wikipedia:

"The Broighter Gold or more correctly, the Broighter Hoard, is a hoard of gold artefacts from the Iron Age of the 1st century BC that were found in 1896 by Tom Nicholl and James Morrow on farmland near Limavady, in the north of Ireland (now Northern Ireland). The hoard includes a 7-inch-long (18 cm) gold boat, a gold torc and bowl and some other jewellery."

The boat features on a Ireland Millennium Masterpiece Silver Coin, as described here:

https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=2000millenniummasterpiececollectionireland.html

Unfotunately, we don't seem to have a better photo of the reverse, or at least I can't find it quickly. This is a boxed shot:

In fact, our web page had the wrong images on it. Some dumbo had found some "nicer" photos of the wrong coin, and uploaded them. Nobody noticed until now. I can even guess who it was.

If we have a Millennium Masterpiece Collection in stock somewhere, or just the Irish silver piedfort coin from it, I will get new photos.

Meanwhile the Broighter Torc or Collar also appears on at least one other coin, not an Irish (as in Eire) one, but a United Kingdom one:

https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=1996poundnorthernireland.php

Although it looks even better in gold than silver of course, and makes more sense, as the original artefact was and is gold:

😎

 

[SidS]

17 hours ago, Darr3nG said:

You kept this one quiet, @James32

 

The Broighter Boat, is part of a hoard of gold artefacts from the 1st Century.

They were discovered in 1896 near Magilligan Point, Lough Foyle, Co. Derry.

The Broighter boat, around 18cm in length was said to be an offering to Celtic sea God Manannán mac Lir.

Other items include a gold torc, a bowl and other gold chains.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broighter_Gold]

These folks were well ahead of the game were they not?

Why store your gold on a boat when you can simply make your gold into a boat?

Cuts out the middleman. 😁

[Stuntman]

9 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

If you want broighter gold coins, just give them a good polish like this:

 

Or possibly not!

At a slight tangent, what kind of accent pronounces brighter as broighter?

West country? Oirish?

😎

That'll be a Brummie accent I reckon!

To the OP - thanks for sharing.

[LawrenceChard]

36 minutes ago, Stuntman said:

That'll be a Brummie accent I reckon!

To the OP - thanks for sharing.

Could anyone get Noddy Holder on here to confirm?

😎

[Stuntman]

It's not Christmas just yet!

[LawrenceChard]

On 02/09/2022 at 23:10, Darr3nG said:

You kept this one quiet, @James32

The Broighter Boat, is part of a hoard of gold artefacts from the 1st Century.

They were discovered in 1896 near Magilligan Point, Lough Foyle, Co. Derry.

The Broighter boat, around 18cm in length was said to be an offering to Celtic sea God Manannán mac Lir.

Other items include a gold torc, a bowl and other gold chains.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broighter_Gold]

A better photo of a Broighter boat on the 2000 Eire silver £1 coin:

... and the obverse:

Simple, but aesthetically pleasing!

😎