Pin / head

Description

Pin head of bronze, with a stylised human head, and part of the shank, from Golspie, Sutherland, 750 - 800 AD

Museum reference

X.FC 301

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Pin / head

Date

Second half 8th century

Materials

Bronze, Gilt

Physical description

Bronze and gilding; point missing; on one side the flat head has a face in low relief with interlace below the chin

Collection place(s)

Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Finder: Grant, M.W., Miss, 1974 (fl.)

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

Highland HER Monument Record

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