Ring / portion

Description

Portion of a small ring of plaited wires from a Viking gold hoard, probably a jeweller's hoard, found on North Uist

Museum reference

X.FE 22

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Ring / portion

Materials

Gold

Physical description

Gold; small; plaited wires

Collection place(s)

North Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Scottish Gold (14 Mar 2014 - 15 Jun 2014)
  Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery

References

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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scotland galleries »
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