Object: Ring
Classification: Hook attached to Ring
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 248 Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Co. Kildare,Cishavana,Near Boyne,1851
Parish: Cishavana
County: Limerick
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1851
Length (mm): hook 77; ring 72
Width (mm): hook 66; ring 69
Thickness (mm): Hook 10 x 9
Weight (g): Hook 69; ring 56; Total 125
Patina: Dark brown
Surface: Smooth and shiny
Associations: A find of 4 associated objects: Ring with hook, a bracelet, a bell and (?) a yoke ornament.
Description: Stout plain hook (? for trace). Ridged back and flat inner surface. At one end of hook there is a hole, through which the ring is passed. The ring is solid and bent - one end is drilled - at the other end, a hole is only indicated.