Horn (Fragment)

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This fragment of a bronze horn was found at Innermessan at Inch in Wigtownshire. It may have accompanied religious ceremonies, sometime between 950 and 750 BC.

This is an Irish type of horn, always found in deposits buried to the gods. This is the only Scottish find.

Offerings to the gods were often special material, treated in special ways or put in special places. They must have been accompanied by ceremonies which we can only guess at.

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• Online ID: 000-100-034-436-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DO 27
• Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
  Late Bronze Age
  
• Material: Bronze; with orifice at one side
  Horn / fragment
  
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• What: Horn / fragment
  
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• Where: Scotland, Wigtownshire, Inch, Innermessan
  
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• Description: Fragment of a Late Bronze Age horn from Innermessan, Inch, Wigtownshire
  
• References:
  • Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), 16-134, esp. p 92. 
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