Pin, ring-headed

Description

Plain-ringed, polyhedral-headed type, copper alloy pin with decorated head and shank, the upper portion is round-sectioned and the lower portion sub-rectangular in section, the shank curves back very sharply into a hook, from Machrins, Colonsay, Argyll

Museum reference

X.1995.25

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Pin, ring-headed

Date

Viking

Style / Culture

Norse Period

Materials

Copper alloy

Collection place(s)

Machrins, Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Norway, Northern Europe

References

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