St Patrick's Isle Pagan Lady Burial Glass Bead
Date made: Viking: 800-1265
Description: Globular melon-type in translucent turquoise blue colour, slightly blemished. Some debris from inside the inner hole of the bead remains.
Scientific analysis of chemical composition by Julian Henderson showed a content of mostly silica dioxide for the matrix.
Measurements: 11mm; hole 5mm x 7mm
Materials: glass
Date found: 1984-09-06
Object name: bead
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 1984-0016/64