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Dunmisk and glass-making in Early Christian Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Julian Henderson  and
Richard Ivens
Julian Henderson
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, The University, Sheffield S10 2TN. UK
Richard Ivens
Affiliation:
Milton Keynes Archaeology Unit, 16 Erica Road, Stacey Bushes, Milton Keynos MK12 6PA, UK
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Dunmisk fort (Co. Tyrone), in Northern Ireland, has produced the first evidence recognized in early medieval Europe for the making/modification of glass using primary raw materials. Going beyond the evidence for glass-working – the softening of glass to form and decorate artefacts – a series of sophisticated industrial processes can be identified, and shows that not all glass was imported to Early Christian Ireland.

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Antiquity , Volume 66 , Issue 250 , March 1992 , pp. 52 - 64
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1992

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