Penannular brooch

Description

Iron penannular brooch from a cist with extended female inhumation at Luffness, East Lothian

Museum reference

X.FA 93

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Penannular brooch

Materials

Iron

Physical description

Iron; penannular; with thickened terminals, behind each of which 4 or 5 pairs of cuts form a herring-bone pattern

Collection place(s)

Luffness, Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

On display

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