from Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Inner Hebrides
000-000-099-800-C
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Mounts
This set of bronze mounts was found in a man's grave at Kiloran Bay on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides. He was buried in a boat between 875 and 925 with a range of Scandinavian weapons, tools and a pin, together with his horse.
The mounts were part of the harness equipment, and were probably originally attached to leather bridle straps which have rotted away. Each consists of a central raised disc surrounded by a cast open-work design. Each smooth disc has three compass-drawn concentric lines near the edge.
The Kiloran Bay man was buried with objects obtained from both Scandinavia and the British Isles. The ornate harness equipment was probably made in a workshop situated around the Irish Sea.
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0036: Kiloran Bay Viking Burial (multimedia essay)
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Between 875 and 925
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- Graham-Campbell, James and Batey, Colleen E. Vikings in Scotland. An Archaeological Survey. Edinburgh: University Press, 1998, pp 118-22.
- 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 48-61, esp. pp 53, 57.
- Ritchie, Anna. Viking Scotland London: B.T. Batsford Ltd/Historic Scotland, 1993, pp 79-84.
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