Cup-ended ornament

Description

Penannular cup-ended ornament probably for fastening a garment, bronze, from Poolewe hoard, Ross and Cromarty, 800-600 BC

Museum reference

X.DO 20

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Cup-ended ornament

Date

Earliest Iron Age

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Bronze; trumpet-shaped ends; worn

Collection place(s)

Poolewe, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Coles 1959-60 PSAS 93, p.129

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record