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Iron firesteel: "9th century Viking cemeteries at Kilmainham and Islandbridge, Dublin: Oval brooches are typical finds in women's graves of the Viking Ae and indicate that women of importance were also buried there. Spinning and weaving were tasks carried out by women and objects such as the whalebone 'ironing board', spindle whorls, and bronze needle case are further evidence of female burials. The presence of a number of folding weighing scales, purses, and weights indicates that some of the Viking settlers in the ninth century Dublin were merchants while the iron tongs and hammers suggest the presence of smiths. Some of the brooches and pins from these burials are of Irish manufacture and indicate that the Vikings of Dublin, as elsewhere, adopted Irish fashions of jewellery and perhaps dress.
1. Iron firesteel" ~ Display at the Museum of Archaeology Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. "A Medieval Christmas Exhibit" - Museum of Archaeology Ireland (www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=1090) in Dublin (www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=885), Ireland (www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=884). Cian's Adventures with a Medieval Xmas - Walking with the Ancestors, Part 2 - Ireland - 2013 - Sunday, December 8, 2013. Photography (c) 2013 Thomas Baurley, Eadaoin Bineid, Leaf McGowan, Technogypsie Productions. www.technogypsie.com/photography/. To follow the stories and tales visit www.technogypsie.com/reviews/ and www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=8691. Iron firesteel: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=1873.
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Iron firesteel: "9th century Viking cemeteries at Kilmainham and Islandbridge, Dublin: Oval brooches are typical finds in women's graves of the Viking Ae and indicate that women of importance were also buried there. Spinning and weaving were tasks carried out by women and objects such as the whalebone 'ironing board', spindle whorls, and bronze needle case are further evidence of female burials. The presence of a number of folding weighing scales, purses, and weights indicates that some of the Viking settlers in the ninth century Dublin were merchants while the iron tongs and hammers suggest the presence of smiths. Some of the brooches and pins from these burials are of Irish manufacture and indicate that the Vikings of Dublin, as elsewhere, adopted Irish fashions of jewellery and perhaps dress.
1. Iron firesteel" ~ Display at the Museum of Archaeology Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. "A Medieval Christmas Exhibit" - Museum of Archaeology Ireland (www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=1090) in Dublin (www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=885), Ireland (www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=884). Cian's Adventures with a Medieval Xmas - Walking with the Ancestors, Part 2 - Ireland - 2013 - Sunday, December 8, 2013. Photography (c) 2013 Thomas Baurley, Eadaoin Bineid, Leaf McGowan, Technogypsie Productions. www.technogypsie.com/photography/. To follow the stories and tales visit www.technogypsie.com/reviews/ and www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=8691. Iron firesteel: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=1873.