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): 97
Width (mm): 96 (inside diameters 76 x 75.5), Rings 29 to 30 diameters.
Thickness (mm): 11, Rings 3 to 4.5
Weight (g): 207
Patina: dark brown
Surface: fairly even - granular
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 2 smaller rings strung on it. These rings are slightly flattened & rather uneven.