Object: Dress Fastener
Classification: Penannular Ring Class 2
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science & Art, Dublin, Plate XV, 286 138, 1898., purchased from Mr. William Augustus Ledwich.
Site: Ireland, Co Kildare, Kilrathmurry, Hill of Down, 1 1/2 miles due south of the Old Rath of Clonard, in a field
Discovery context: hillside
County: County Kildare
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 150
Width (mm): terminal 55
Thickness (mm): neck 13.5
Weight (g): 84.22
Composition: gold
Description: Restored. when acquired by the Academy the discs were bent, & one was separated from the handle. The cups are encircled with 3 raised lines. The handle was found on examination to be packed with fine clay.
Publications: Johnson & Frazer, Proc. Royal Irish Academy xxi, pp. 336-337.