Note, regarding gold pieces found in the north of Ireland by unknown author
Reference number: CLP/16/46
Date: 02 February 1739

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Th author describes some gold pieces found when digging a potato field. One of the largest pieces weighs 'upwards of 18 pennyweight'. The author states they have sent a specimen, 'the smallest of the three', to the Royal Society. Name of correspondent has been torn off the page.
Subject: Archaeology
Read to the Royal Society on 22 May 1740
- Reference number
- CLP/16/46
- Earliest possible date
- 02 February 1739
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Note, regarding gold pieces found in the north of Ireland by unknown author, 02 February 1739, CLP/16/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_16_46/note-regarding-gold-pieces-found-in-the-north-of-ireland-by-unknown-author, accessed on 11 February 2025
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Classified papers: volume 16 concerning 'Grammar, Chronology, History, Antiquities'
1657; 1676-1740 Reference number: CLP/16
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