Penannular brooch: "Penannular" means "almost circular". A penannular brooch is a circle of metal with a small gap in it. A pin attached to a tube can slide along the circle of metal. The pin is threaded through material and the gap in the circle.
Penannular Brooch
Penannular brooches are a type of early Celtic jewelry. They are circular brooches with a long pin (oftern hinged to the base of the pin).
One of these was the penannular brooch. The purpose of this brooch was to fasten the heavy cloaks of the Celts. For this reason the brooches were generally of a large size.
Ring brooch: A type of brooch similar to a penannular brooch, but with a complete ring to which is usually hinged a horizontal pin slightly longer than the diameter of the brooch.
The Celts used bronze, silver and gold in their jewelry and stones like cairngorm and amethyst. Circular brooches with a long, hinged pin, called penannular brooches, date from ancient times.
These brooches, of which some were derived from antique fibulae, are found in several forms. Disc- and penannular brooches were by far the most common and were used to secure robes and capes at the neck or shoulder.
Penannular brooches, in the form of a ring with a pin held in place by the weight of the cloth it pierced, were common in Ireland and Scotland. A famous example is the Tara brooch (National Museum, Dublin).
 See also: Shape, Color, Brooch, Jewelry, Metal
  
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