Object: Ring
Classification: Hollow Ring, perforated, Trillick Type
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, No. 249 Murray Colln.
Site: Ireland, Queens Co. Laois, Maryborough, Portlaois, 1872
Parish: Maryborough
County: County Cork
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 43
Width (mm): 36.5, inside diameters 17.5 x 14, mouth pieces 13, 14
Thickness (mm): 10.5
Weight (g): 23
Patina: flakes of smooth shining dark brown, underneath dul dusty brown.
Associations: One of a hoard of 59 objects: 54 rings, bracelet, pin, gouge & 2 amber necklaces
Description: Ring with transverse perforation & 2 oval mouth pieces.   The inside of ring seems to be full of earth.
Publications: Evans 497