Pin

Description

Irish ring-headed bronze pin from Loch Bornish, Inverness-shire

Museum reference

X.GS 223

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Pin

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Bronze; loose ring head; shaft broken in half; head cuboid with bevelled corners decorated with deeply bored dots

Collection place(s)

Loch Bornish, South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Finder: Todd, J., 1965 (fl.)

References

Maldonado, A. 2021. Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland.