Object: Brooch
Classification: Pennanular Iron Age
Period: Iron Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 235 Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Kings Co.,Edenderry
Parish: Edenderry
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): pin 27
Width (mm): ring 22.5 (outside); 17 inside
Weight (g): 2
Surface: Slightly corroded, fairly bright metal.
Composition: Bronze and tin or silver
Description: Small penannular brooch flat and squared. The head is turned round upon itself and the loop is grooved vertically. The Ring has a double groove on the face and widened ends. Appears to be made of two metals: 2 thin plates of bronze welded by one tin or silver.