Warwickshire in 100 Objects: Giant Irish Deer

Giant Irish deer skeleton at the Market Hall Museum in Warwick. | Image courtesy of Warwickshire Museum
Giant Irish deer skeleton at the Market Hall Museum in Warwick.
Image courtesy of Warwickshire Museum

In common with many other collecting institutions with Victorian origins, the Warwickshire Museum has a fine specimen of an extinct Giant Irish deer. It has been on open display for many generations and remains an extremely popular exhibit. Probably a composite, dug from an Irish peat bog during the 19th century. It is approximately 11,000 years old.