6. Gold exploration in the north of Ireland: new targets from the Tellus Projects

Although a local origin of Irish Bronze Age gold artifacts has never been confirmed, the widespread distribution of gold particles in stream gravels suggests a local bedrock origin. Significant bedrock mineralisation was discovered in County Monaghan in the 1950s, and in County Tyrone in the 1980s. The Tellus geochemical surveys have revealed the wide distribution of anomalous concentrations of go…