from Langhills, Westerseat, Wick, Caithness
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Brooches
These two brass oval brooches were found in a stone cist at the top of a mound at Langhills at Westerseat near Wick in Caithness. They are a type worn by Scandinavian women between 900 and 1000, and may be from a poorly recorded grave.
This picture shows the back of the brooches. They preserve faint textile impressions around the pin fastener. Both brooches are damaged on the edges.
Oval brooches are a very distinctive form of Viking ornament, worn by women in pairs on their shoulders to hold up a pinafore. They were mass produced in Scandinavia and widely copied.
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000-000-099-741-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0036: Kiloran Bay Viking Burial (multimedia essay)
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National Museums Scotland X.IL 218 |
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10th century Between 900 and 1000
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Oval; bowl-shaped Oval; bowl-shaped
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Brooch Brooch
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Scotland, Caithness, Wick, Langhills Scotland, Caithness, Wick, Langhills
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Oval tortoise brooch with faint textile remains around pin fastener, from Langhills, 10th century Oval tortoise brooch from Langhills
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- Graham-Campbell, James and Batey, Colleen E. Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey. Edinburgh: University Press, 1998, p 68.
- Grieg, Sigurd. Viking Antiquities in Scotland (=Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part II, ed. by Haakon Shetelig). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1940, pp 24-5.
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