Object: Ring
Classification: Ring with free-riding small rings
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, No. 246 Murray Collection.
Site: Ireland, Co Kildare, Grange, 1862
Parish: Grange
County: County Kildare
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1862
Length (mm): 94
Width (mm): 93 (inside diameters 78 x 77), samller ring: diameter 31 to 33.5; inside diam. 21 to 23
Thickness (mm): 8 to 9, smaller ring 5 x 6 thick
Weight (g): 119
Patina: dusty brown.
Surface: smooth & fairly shiny. - the smaller ring is slightly corroded.
Associations: One of a find of 50 associated objects, consisting of :- 45 Rings, 1 Spearhead, 1 Ferrule (for Spearhead), 2 armlets or bangles & 1 Penannular Bracelet.
Description: Armlet with smaller ring strung on. The smaller ring is uneven & slightly oval. The armlet is even & round in section.