Object: Brooch
Classification: E Cluster Pen. Brooch
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 234, Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Kings Co.,Edenderry
Parish: Edenderry
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 64
Width (mm): of ring 50 (outside); 41 (inside)
Weight (g): 28
Patina: Black patina - metal showing through.
Surface: Smooth
Description: Point of pin has been broken off. The head is wide and flat and vertically grooved. The middle portion of ring is decorated with transverse grooves in four groups. The widened ends bear an eye-like decoration on a sunk ground surrounded by a triangular bead. Where it narrows is a transverse ridge and beyond a grooved boss. No enamel.