Chain

Description

Massive silver chain, composed of twenty-one pairs of rings flattened on their inner faces with a penannular terminal, from Borland Farm, Walston, Lanarkshire, AD 400-600

Museum reference

X.FC 264

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Chain, Terminal

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver; twenty one pairs of rings, two pairs with a missing ring; flattened on inner faces; penannular terminal

Collection place(s)

Borland, Walston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Scotland's Early Silver (13 Oct 2017 - 25 Feb 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland