Object: Bracelet
Classification: Pennanular
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science & Art, Dublin, Plate XVII, 337, W 309, R. 589., purchased through Mr. J. Donegan, silversmith
Site: Ireland, Co Tipperary, on the plain of Cashel, by Mrs. Mc Cuggan
County: County Tipperary
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Width (mm): 67 x 56
Thickness (mm): 9.5; 3.5
Weight (g): 25.385
Composition: gold
Associations: * possibly found with Nos. Plate XVI, 321, W 308, R 558 & Plate XVII, 332, W 307, R 587
Description: Cup-shaped terminals slightly broken at their centres.
Publications: *Proc. Royal Irish Academy VIII, p. 407. Wilde wrote:- "4 golden armillae, 3 of which have cupped extremities, & were, with the curious gold ornament... found in the plain beneath the Rock of Cashel."