St Patrick's Isle Pagan Lady Burial Glass Bead
Date made: Viking: 800-1265
Description: Globular melon-type, colourless glass. Fracture lines suggesting winding manufacture process.
Scientific analysis of chemical composition by Julian Henderson showed a content of mostly silica dioxide for the matrix.
Part of conjectured necklace reconstruction (right side).
Measurements: 8mm; hole 3mm x 7mm
Materials: glass
Date found: 1984-09-07
Object name: bead
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 1984-0016/74