Object: Pin
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Cambridge, Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Murray Collection. Nos. 211, 212.
Site: Ireland, King's Co. (Offaly), Edenderry
Parish: Edenderry
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): A. 75, B. 66.5
Weight (g): A. 4, B. 3
Description: No. 211 A: length 75; weight 4; Head conical, ornamented with diagonal grooves which are crossed by 3 horizontal lines. The upper part of the shank is octagonal, the lower square, ornamented with zig-zag down each facet. Smooth & even - dull metal., No. 212 B: length 66.5; weight 3; Exactly the same as No. 211, except for a green patina on the upper half.