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Bronze ring, part of a belt or harness, found at Balmashannar, Angus

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Bronze ring, part of a belt or harness, found at Balmashannar, Angus

This bronze ring, perhaps from a person's belt or a horse harness, are part of a late Bronze Age hoard of jewellery and other items, buried in a pot and ploughed up at Balmashannar in Angus. Such rings were a widespread European fashion in this period.

The plain bronze ring was made of a flattened rod. Three large and seven small plain rings, made with rods of different shaped sections, were found in the hoard.

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: 000-100-034-571-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DQ 153
Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
Material: Bronze; plain
Dimensions: 0.75" - 3.50" D
What: Ring
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Where: Scotland, Angus, Balmashanner
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Description: Plain bronze ring 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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