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Bronze bracelets found at Balmashannar, Angus

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Postcard of Bronze bracelets found at Balmashannar, Angus.
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Bronze bracelets found at Balmashannar, Angus

These bronze bracelets are part of a late Bronze Age hoard of jewellery and other items, buried in a pot and ploughed up at Balmashannar in Angus. The bracelets were imported from Ireland and the Continent sometime between 950 and 750 BC.

The penannular bracelet with out-turned terminals is a Continental type, perhaps imported to Scotland via northern France and southern England. The other bracelet, with evenly expanded terminals, was probably imported from Ireland.

The Balmashanner hoard demonstrates how extensive and complex were the contacts between Scotland and the outside world during the early first millennium BC. The contents come from Ireland, northern Europe, north-west Europe and the eastern Alps.


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Online ID: 000-100-034-556-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DQ 139
Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
Material: Bronze
Bronze
Dimensions: 1.88" - 2.88" D
1.88" - 2.88" D
What: Armlet, penannular
Armlet, penannular
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Where: Scotland, Angus, Balmashanner
Scotland, Angus, Balmashanner
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Description: Bronze penannular armlet from Balmashanner
Bronze penannular armlet from Balmashanner
References:
  • Coles, John M. In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. 
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