Pin

Description

Bronze ring-headed pin with annular moveable head, ornamented with symmetrically placed pellets, from Carn nan Bharraich, Oronsay, Argyll, 850 - 900 AD

Museum reference

X.IL 331

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Pin

Date

Second half 9th century

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Bronze; annular movable head; ornamented with symmetrically placed pellets

Collection place(s)

Carn nan Bharraich, Oronsay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Vikings! The untold story (18 Jan 2013 - 12 May 2013)
  Museum of Scotland

References

Graham-Campbell, James and Batey, Colleen E. Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey. Edinburgh: University Press, 1998, pp 114-6

Grieg, Sigurd. Viking Antiquities in Scotland (=Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part II, ed. by Haakon Shetelig). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1940, pp. 42-4

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

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record