Object: Earring
Classification: Flange twist
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science & Art, Dublin, Plate XVIII, 416, W 64., formerly in collection of Major H.C. Sirr.
Site: Ireland, Co Roscommon, near Castlereagh (said to have been found)
County: County Roscommon
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Width (mm): 36 x 34.5
Weight (g): 18.35
Composition: gold
Associations: It forms a pair with No. 415, Plate XVIII, & was found in the same place.
Description: Of torque type, made by twisting a four-leaved bar. The twisted portion ends, on each side, in a collar, from which spring the terminals for passing through the ears.