Dress pin

Description

Oval ringed pin of bronze, slightly articulating, from a Viking grave group from Kneep Head, Valtos, Uig, Isle of Lewis, 875 - 925 AD

Museum reference

X.IL 852

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Dress pin

Date

875 - 925

Style / Culture

Viking

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Bronze, slightly articulating; of rhomboidal cross-section

Collection place(s)

Valtos, Uig, Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Collector: Mr and Mrs Maclean

References

Welander, R.D.E., Batey C. and Cowie, T.G. 1987

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

On display

national museum of scotland »
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