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From Croy, Inverness-shire
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These objects, together with two Anglo-Saxon coins which had been converted into jewellery, were buried at Croy in Inverness-shire sometime between 800 and 900.
The picture shows a silver penannular brooch with amber settings (broken in two pieces), two pieces of other penannular brooches, one with gold filigree work, beads of glass and amber, a plaited silver ribbon and an arm from a balance.
The Croy hoard is an unusual collection of objects. The jewellery is expensive, but much of it fragmentary, and the inclusion of a balance beam is unique in Pictish or Viking hoards from Scotland. The objects may have belonged to a Pictish craftsman.
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- Online ID: 000-190-000-953-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
Project description View all records in project - Ref: National Museums Scotland X.FC 25
- Date: Between 800 and 900
- Material: Bronze
Glass and amber
Glass and amber
Glass and amber
Glass and amber
Glass and amber
Glass and amber
Glass and amber
Silver; expanded end ornamented with gold filigree work and amber settings
Silver; expanded end ornamented with triquetras
Silver; knitted
Silver; with expanded ends and amber settings; surrounded by double rope-like moulding
Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Beam, balance / portion
Brooch / portion
Brooch, penannular
Brooch, penannular / half
Ornament / portion - Dimensions:
- What: Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Bead
Beam, balance / portion
Brooch / portion
Brooch, penannular
Brooch, penannular / half
Ornament / portion - Subject:
- Who: James Shearer (Possible finder)
James Shearer (Possible finder)
James Shearer (Possible finder)
James Shearer (Possible finder)
James Shearer (Possible finder)
James Shearer (Possible finder)
James Shearer (Possible finder)
James Shearer (Possible finder)
James Shearer (Possible finder)
James Shearer (Possible finder)
James Shearer (Possible finder) - Where: Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy
Scotland, Inverness-shire, Croy - Event:
- Description: Penannular silver brooch with expanded ends and amber settings, surrounded by double rope-like mouldings, from Croy, Inverness-shire
Portion of silver brooch with the expanded end ornamented with gold filigree work and amber settings, from Croy, Inverness-shire
Half of a penannular silver brooch with the expanded end ornamented with triquetras, from Croy, Inverness-shire
Portion of a bronze balance beam from Croy, Inverness-shire
Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire
Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire
Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire
Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire
Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire
Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire
Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire
Portion of silver knitted ornament from Croy, Inverness-shire - References:
- Ross, Alexander. Notice of the discovery of portions of two penannular brooches of silver with beds of glass and amber, and a silver coin of Coenwulf, King of Mercia (A.D. 795-818), at Mains of Croy, Inverness-shire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquar
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