Bronze fragment of a house-Shaped Shrine

Pictures and text are reproduced by courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St. Dublin.

This object dates from the 9^th century A.D. It may have been found during drainage works in the Clonard area in the 1840's. The fragments consist of two panels representing one long side and one short side of a small house-shaped shrine in which relics of the saints were kept. The long side was decorated with a pair of medallions of which one survives.