From Migdale, Sutherland

Anklets of bronze

These two bronze anklets were found at Migdale in Sutherland in a hoard containing an axehead, jewellery and dress accessories. The dress accessories reflect female fashions in central and northern Europe between 2250 and 1950 BC.

The anklets are made of butt-jointed strips of cast bronze, with triple horizontal mouldings around their exterior. They are decorated between the mouldings with close-set vertical lines, and with faint slanting nicks on their outer edges.

The Migdale hoard represents the possessions of a wealthy high status owner, with links across the North Sea.

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Online ID:	000-100-034-728-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.DQ 337
Date:	Between 2250 and 1950 BC
Material:	Bronze; made of a bent cast strip with a triple moulding outside and closely set vertical lines in the grooves Bronze; made of a bent cast strip with a triple moulding outside and closely set vertical lines in the grooves
Dimensions:	2.60" - 2.70" D; 0.80" - 0.85" W; 0.10" thick 2.60" - 2.70" D; 0.80" - 0.85" W; 0.10" thick
What:	Armlet Armlet
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Where:	Scotland, Sutherland, Migdale Scotland, Sutherland, Migdale
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Description:	Bronze armlet made of a bent cast strip with a triple moulding outside and closely set vertical lines in the grooves, from Migdale Bronze armlet made of a bent cast strip with a triple moulding outside and closely set vertical lines in the grooves, from Migdale
References:	Clarke, D.V., Cowie, T.G., & Foxon, Andrew (eds). Symbols of power at the time of Stonehenge. Edinburgh: National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland, 1985, pp 107-8, 110, 302-3.
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