Tara Brooch, this brooch used to secure a cloak over a tunic, was found not at the prehistoric ritual site of Tara, but some miles away by the seashore at Bettystown; it is dated to ca. A.D. 700; it descends from penannular brooches, introduced into Ireland from Roman Britain, and transformed by the 7th century into highly decorated emblems of rank
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