From Hillhead, Caithness
This gold bracelet is one of two found in a stone bowl during ploughing on a farm at Hillhead in Caithness. It was buried between 950 and 750 BC.
The plain, penannular bracelet with evenly expanded terminals is of a type also found in bronze examples at this period.
Some hoards were buried with rare and unusual objects, probably as offerings to the gods. In the late Bronze Age period, a range of objects were included in these votive hoards. People or tribes may have competed to make the richest offerings.
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