Mould

Description

Mould of sandstone, with matrices for a ring, a horse-shoeshaped object, a dumb-bell shaped object, and part of another ring, from Dunsapie, Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, 200 BC - 1000 AD

Museum reference

X.CM 28

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Mould

Date

2nd century BC - 10th century

Materials

Sandstone

Physical description

Sandstone, reddish; with matrices for a ring, a horseshoe-shaped object, a dumb-bell shaped object, and part of another ring

Collection place(s)

Dunsapie Loch, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

On display

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