With the growing reputation of The Foundry, it has recently won a commission by the National Museum of Scotland to manufacture ten Scottish Halberds plus the rivets needed to put them together.

Selected over hundreds of other foundries based in England and Scotland the commission represents a real coup for the Belfast Metropolitan College and provides concrete evidence of its growing reputation outside of Northern Ireland.

“We were delighted to receive the order from the National Museum of Scotland which only displays work of an exceptional standard and quality. Upon completion the finished halberds will form part of a prestigious living history exhibition at the museum and it is a real achievement to be involved in it,” said Ken Barr, Lecturer, Foundry Practice.

Used predominantly in the early Bronze Age the halberd is a famous weapon of prehistoric Europe and the replica’s to be created by the Foundry must be authentic in every way.