Object: Pin
Classification: Pin with Loop
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 224, Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Co. Dublin,Dublin,near Cork Hill
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Dublin
County: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 117
Width (mm): of loop 15 (outside)
Weight (g): 8
Patina: Dark brown patina
Surface: Smooth
Description: Small shouldered loop, has been decorated, but pattern now obliterated: narrow neck and flattened side. Horse show shaped ring which is fastened to pin by a silver bolt passing through the loop. Ring ornaments with diagonal flutings or rope pattern.