From Stonehill Wood, Lanarkshire
000-100-102-931-C © National Museums Scotland |
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Bracelet of gold
This gold penannular bracelet is one of three found at Stonehill Wood in Lanarkshire. It is a northern European type of bracelet, and was probably imported between 950 and 750 BC.
The bracelet was made of a solid lozenge-sectioned gold bar.
This bracelet demonstrate contacts across the North Sea during the first millennium BC. It would have been valuable and prestigious possessions.
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000-100-102-931-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland Q.L.1976.5 |
Date: |
Between 950 and 750 BC
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Material: |
Silver, enamel
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What: |
Chain of office, baillie's
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Who: |
V. and S.
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Where: |
England, Warwickshire, Birmingham Scotland, Kirkcudbright, Castle Douglas
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Description: |
Baillie's silver chain of office of Castle Douglas, marked V & S, Birmingham
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References: |
- Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134, esp. p 90.
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