Object: Dress Fastener
Classification: Penannular Ring Class 2
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science & Art, Dublin,Plate XV, 278, 2, 1896,Deposited in the Collection by Sir W. G. D. Goff Bt.
Site: Ireland,County Waterford,New Ross, Near,In the bed of a small river, early summer 1895
Discovery context: river
County: County Waterford
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1895
Width (mm): 152 x 60
Thickness (mm): 61.5; 9
Weight (g): 131.61
Composition: Gold
Associations: Found with 4 gold bracelet-shaped penannular rings with cup shaped ends. Nos. 317, 308, 311 (3rd class), 307 (2nd class), Plate XVI.
Description: Discs are ornamented on their inner sides with 2 raised lines.
Publications: Frazer and Johnson, Proc. Royal Irish Academy XIX, p. 780: the probably method employed in its manufacture is described by Mr. Edmond Johnson, pp. 780-3.