Object: Pin with Ring
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Foster Bequest, Cat. No. 51
Site: Ireland,Co. Antrim,Portglenone
Parish: Portglenone
County: County Antrim
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 163.5
Width (mm): Ring 20 (outside), 12 (inside)
Weight (g): 25
Patina: Very dark brown patina
Surface: Smooth and even.
Description: Pin with head cast solid, faceted with different diamond shaped ornaments on each face. Ring is ornamented by pairs of grooves either side of head, where ring joins the head. Two grooves below the head. Shank ornamented with a "key" pattern on the faces of point half, + zig zag between grooves on the sides.