Needle cluster

Description

Mineralised needle cluster or needle tidy consisting of a tapering cone of mineralised thread wound around three needles, part of a Viking grave assemblage from Balnakeil, Durness, Sutherland

Museum reference

X.1992.22.10

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Needle cluster

Style / Culture

Viking

Materials

Iron

Collection place(s)

Balnakeil Bay, Durness, Sutherland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Finder: Powell, Mr, 1991 (fl.)
Finder: Powell, Mrs, 1991 (fl.)

References

Graham-Campbell, James and Batey, Colleen E. Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey. Edinburgh: University Press, 1998, pp 140-2.

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

Highland HER Event Record

Highland HER Monument Record