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from Clibberswick, Unst, Shetland

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000-000-099-736-C
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Brooch (back)

This brass oval brooch was found with its pair and a bronze trefoil brooch in a Norse woman's grave at Clibberswick on Unst in Shetland, together with some glass beads and a plain silver bracelet which are now lost. The burial dates from between 850 and 900.

This picture shows the back of the brooch. The textile impressions indicate that it was made by the complicated lost wax method, where textiles were used to reinforce the mould.

Oval brooches are a good indication of Scandinavian settlement in Scotland. They are a style worn by Scandinavian women, but not by the native Picts or Scots. Some were brought with the settlers, while others may have been imported.


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Online ID: 000-000-099-736-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0036: Kiloran Bay Viking Burial (multimedia essay)
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.IL 222
Date: 9th century
Between 850 and 900
Material: Oval; bowl-shaped; textile remains around pin
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What: Brooch
Subject:
Who: Lerwick Collection
Where: Scotland, Shetland, Unst, Haroldswick, Clibberswick
Event:
Description: Oval brooch with textile remains around pin, from Clibberswick, Shetland, 9th century
References:
  • Graham-Campbell, James and Batey, Colleen E. Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey. Edinburgh: University Press, 1998, pp 64, 153-4. 
  • 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. 103-5. 
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