Hoard of 17th century artifacts found at Rathfarnham Castle, Ireland
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The Irish Times
Hoard of 17th century artefacts found at Rathfarnham Castle
Items revealing lives of ‘elite’ family found in underground lair by construction workers
Colin Gleeson
Thu, Oct 30, 2014
A near perfect hoard of 17th century artefacts has been discovered in an underground lair of Rathfarnham Castle, revealing intimate details of the lives of the family who lived there and wider Irish society during that period.
The hoard was discovered about a month ago by construction workers installing a lift shaft at the castle. It was found in a sealed lair between two stone floors at the bottom of one of the castle towers.
Alva MacGowan, find supervisor with Archaeology Plan, the organisation commissioned by the Office of Public Works to deal with the hoard, said the “absolutely superb” preservation of the artefacts was “every archaeologist’s dream”.
Among the items discovered was a foldable toothbrush, clay pipes, jewellery, porcelain, coins, chamber pots, crystal goblets, as well as wine bottles and ointment jars with as of yet unknown liquids inside....
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