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This coarse, undecorated ceramic urn was found at Duff House at Banff in Banffshire. It contained cremated bones and unburnt gold jewellery. The wealthy burial dates from between 1200 and 1100 BC.

The two large bracelets and one of the three smaller penannular gold rings are simple round-sectioned rods with plain terminals. The other two smaller rings are made of three and six round-sectioned rods respectively.

By around 1750 BC, in mainland Scotland, cremation had become the favoured funerary custom. Grave goods were rare, and generally modest. Very few burials are known from the period 1200 to 800 BC, but, of these, several contained gold jewellery.

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• Online ID: 000-100-035-719-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 125
• Date: Between 1200 and 1100 BC
  
• Material: Ceramic
  Gold; large
  Gold; large
  Gold; small
  Gold; small
  Gold; small
  Pottery / urn
  Ring, penannular
  Ring, penannular
  Ring, penannular
  Ring, penannular
  Ring, penannular
  
• Dimensions: 6.00" x 5.75"
  
• What: Pottery / urn
  Ring, penannular
  Ring, penannular
  Ring, penannular
  Ring, penannular
  Ring, penannular
  
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• Who:
• Where: Scotland, Banffshire, Banff (Duff House)
  Scotland, Banffshire, Banff (Duff House)
  Scotland, Banffshire, Banff (Duff House)
  Scotland, Banffshire, Banff (Duff House)
  Scotland, Banffshire, Banff (Duff House)
  Scotland, Banffshire, Banff (Duff House)
  
• Event:
• Description: Large gold penannular ring found in a plain coarse urn at Duff House, Banff
  Large gold penannular ring found in a plain coarse urn at Duff House, Banff
  Small gold penannular ring found in a plain coarse urn at Duff House, Banff
  Small gold penannular ring found in a plain coarse urn at Duff House, Banff
  Small gold penannular ring found in a plain coarse urn at Duff House, Banff
  Plain coarse urn found containing five gold rings at Duff House, Banff
  
• References:
  • Coles, J.M. Scottish Middle Bronze Age Metalwork. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland, 97 (1963-64), pp 122, 150. 
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