Object: Bead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science & Art, Dublin, Plate XIV, 242, W 34-40., formerly in the collection of Dean H.R. Dawson
Site: Ireland, Co Kilkenny, near Castlecomer, Cruttenclough
County: County Kilkenny
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 14.5
Thickness (mm): 11
Weight (g): Collective weight of 7 beads: 4.27, weight of each bead between .585 & .715
Associations: found with No. 244, Plate XIV.
Description: Seven conical beads, made by joining two cones in the centre. They are ornamented with a kind of diaper pattern.
Remarks: These with the 7 tubular beads (Plate XIV, 244) are said to have formed part of an amber necklace.