Object: Beads
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science & Art, Dublin, Plate XIV, 244, W. 41-47, formerly in the Collection of Dean H.R. Dawson.
Site: Ireland, Co Kilkenny, near Castlecomer, Cruttenclough
County: County Kilkenny
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): A: 14, B: 13.5
Thickness (mm): A: 7, B: 7.25
Weight (g): from .325 to .455 each, 7 beads: 2.46
Associations: found with beads no. 242, Plate XIV, & an amber necklace.
Description: 7 tubular beads, with grooved & diaper patterns.