Object: Dress Fastener
Classification: Penannular Ring Class 2
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science and Art, Dublin,PLate XV 291 + text fig. 13 8 1908
Site: Ireland,Co. Cork,Coachford,Rylane,Mountrivers,Found by Michael Sullivan and William Connell, May 1907 when making a fence.
Discovery context: river
Parish: Coachford
County: County Cork
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1907
Width (mm): 117 x 55
Thickness (mm): 45; 6
Weight (g): 84.545
Composition: Gold
Associations: Found in association with No. 287 Plate XV - 2 bronze socketed celts, a bronze or copper penannular ring, and a number of amber beads.
Description: Unornamented
Publications: Coffey, Proc. Royal Irish Academy XXX Sec. C., pp. 85-87,also Day, Journal Hist. + Arch Soc. XIII Sec. Ser. pp. 118-119