Object: Mount
Classification: Ring mount, PERFORATED RING
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, No. 249 Murray Colln.
Site: Ireland, Queens Co., Laois, Maryborough Portlaoise, 1872
Parish: Laois
County: County Laois
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 47
Width (mm): 45.5
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 30
Patina: dusty green & brown
Surface: dull & even
Associations: One of a hoard consisting of 59: 54 rings, bracelet, pin, gouge & 2 amber necklaces
Description: Ring with transverse long oval perforations., (NB also another ring with similar wider perforations) Diameter 42 weight 16