Object: Ring
Classification: Hollow Ring perforated
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, No. 245 Murray Collection
Site: Ireland, King's Co. (Offaly), near Edenderry, Drumcooley Hill, 1854
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Edenderry
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1854
Length (mm): 56
Width (mm): 43
Thickness (mm): 13.5
Weight (g): 49
Patina: dull brown & dust colour.
Surface: smooth
Associations: One of a hoard of 15 objects & a piece of sandstone, possibly belonging to a mould. 2 spearheads, 1 socketed Celt, 6 rings, 2 Pins with Rings & 4 Beads (1 large of clay, 1 of glass, yellow & purple twist, 2 of amber, a larger & a smaller, irregularly shaped).
Description: Thick hollow ring with transverse circular perforations which have projecting mouth pieces.
Publications: Evans. 497.
Remarks: The pins certainly, the beads almost certainly of Early Christian Age, See Pin card appended