Object: Ring
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, No. 245 Murray Collection
Site: Ireland, King's Co. (Offaly), near Edenderry, Drumcooley Hill, 1854
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Edenderry
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1854
Width (mm): (Diameters from 25 to 28)
Thickness (mm): 5 x 3
Weight (g): 5; 4; 3; 2
Patina: dark brown or black.
Surface: smooth in the 3 flattened ones. corroded in the round one.
Associations: One of a hoard of 15 objects & a piece of sandstone, possibly belonging to a mould. 2 spearheads, 1 socketed Celt, 6 rings, 2 Pins with Rings & 4 Beads (1 large of clay, 1 of glass, yellow & purple twist, 2 of amber, a larger & a smaller, irregularly shaped).
Description: 3 of them flattened on the faces, one circular section. uneven.
Remarks: Two pins with Ring & beads at least are Early Christian (see pin card at [...]) with Trillick ring.