The Dowris horns were part of a hoard containing many tools, weapons, crotals, beaten bronze buckets and cauldrons.

According to MacWhite, Raftery (J?) considers that some of the hoard dates to somewhere around 400 BCE or so. The conical rivets seen in the hoard have been traced to Leeds Type Bl cauldrons, confirming the dating of the B Group to Late Bronze Age B, a date around 600-500 B.C. dating for the type, is confirmed by cauldron from Llyn Fawr (Fox 1939) in Wales. Hence Phase B of the Age is a good date for the B Group and to some extent for the The terminal date for the horns is not easy to fix, but the ending of Phase B, caused by the spread of a La Tene derived culture with with an iron-using economy, is as close as he felt it could be placed at the time. Raftery places the arrival of this replacement culture somewhere around 175 BCE

Citation(s): B.M. J.R.S.A.I. 54 (1924) 14; Armstrong, 134-42, Plate iii; B.M. 1920, 105-7, Plate viii; Kemble, 1863 Plate xiii; MacWhite, 101-3, Figure 8.

SD14a

Description: Class I end-blow. Three holes at bell (two filled with metal including one spike) loop on tube, rib at end

Location: British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 83, 2-18, 2

SD014b

Description: Class II end-blow, 4 holes at end, no cones

Location: British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 54, 7-14, 176

SD14c

Description: Class I side-blow. Spikes at bell, broken at mouth-hole.

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1A Armstrong, Figure 1, 1.

SD14d

Description: Class I end blow. 4 spikes at bell, ribs on tube, loop, repaired.

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. no. 2. Armstrong, Figure 1,2.

SD14e

Description: Class I end-blow. Spikes at bell, loop and domes on tube, collar at end.

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA.57, 1.A. no. 4. Armstrong, Figure 1, 3.

SD14f

Description: Class I end-blow. Spikes at bell, 4 domes along each side of tube, ribs and loop on tube.

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57, 1. A. no. 3. Armstrong, Figure 1, 4.

SD14g

Description: Class I side-blow. 4 spikes at bell, 2 loops, collar at end

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure 1,5

SD14h

Description: Class II end-blow. 6 cones at bell, probably 3 holes at end originally

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure 1,6

SD14g

Description: Class I side-blow. 4 spikes at bell, 2 loops, collar at end

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure 1,5.

SD14h

Description: Class II end-blow. 6 cones at bell, probably 3 holes at end

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure 1.6

originally.

SD14i

Description: Class I end-blow. 2 holes at bell (repaired), collar repair on tube, loop near repaired end

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure 1, 8

SF14j

Description: Class I end-blow. 8 bosses and 2 holes at bell, heavy collar-repair on tube

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. no. 1. Armstrong, Figure 1.9.

SD14k

Description: Class I side-blow. 4 spikes and 2 holes at bell, loop on tube, end broken

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure 1, 10.

SD14l

Description: Class I side-blow. Spikes at bell, loop on tube, rib and formerly loop at end

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure 1, II

SD14m

Description: Class I side-bl0w, Modern collar at bell, and end, loop on tube, rib and loop at end

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure I, 12.

SD14n

Description: Class II end-blow, 6 cones at bell, 4 cones and holes at end

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. W.1. Armstrong, Plate iii.

SD14o

Description: Class I side-blow. Small loop at end

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. W.11. Armstrong, Plate iii.

SD14p

Description: Class I tube. Ribs and 2 holes at ends

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure 1,7.

SD14q

Description: Class I tube. Collar effect at ends, broken

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure 1, 13

SD14r

Description: Class I end-blow. Ribs at end, ribs and two loops on tube, bell broken

Location: National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ref: N.M.I. SA 57. 1.A. Armstrong, Figure 1, 13

SD14s

Description: Class I end-blow. Spikes at bell, domes along tube sides, ribs and loop on tube, ribs at end

Location: British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 54, 7-14, 178

Citation(s): Kemble, 1863, Plate xiii, 5; B.M. 1920, Plate viii, 4

SD14t

Description: Class II end-blow. Cones at bell, cones and holes at end

Location: British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 54, 7-14, 174

Citation(s): Kemble, 1863, Plate xiii, 6

SD14u

Description: Class I side-blow. Fragment only; loop at end (perhaps part of 14C)

Location: British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 54, 7-14, 180

Citation(s): Kemble, 1863, Plate xiii, 9.

SD14v

Description: Class I side-blow. 4 spikes at bell, 2 loops near end

Location: Destroyed; formerly British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 1883, 2-18, 1

Citation(s): Ref: B.M. 1920, pl.viii,8

SD14w Dowris

Description: Class I tube. Collar effect at ends, ribs and 2 holes at each end

Location: British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 1883, 2-18, 3

SD14x Dowris

Description: Class I side-blow. Fragment only; loop on tube, loop at end (perhaps part of 1MC) 4

Location: British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 54, 7-14, 179

SD14y Dowris

Location: British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 54, 7-14, 181

Description: Class I side-blow. Fragment of end

SD14z Dowris

Description: Class I end-blow. 4 spikes at bell, 3 domes on each side of tube. loop near end, rib at end

Location: British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 54, 7-14, 177

SD14z1

Description: Class II end-blow. Plain bell, 5 holes at end as repair, broken in two pieces

Location: British Museum, London, Ref: B.M. 54, 7-14, 175

SD14z2 Probably Dowris

Description: Class II end-blow. 6 cones at bell, 4 cones and holes at end

Location: Formerly Day Collection. Cat. Day Sale, Lot 334