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One-pronged implement of silver

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found on St Ninian's Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland

One-pronged implement of silver
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This silver one-pronged implement, probably an item of cutlery, is part of a hoard of Pictish metalwork found on St Ninian's Isle at Dunrossness in Shetland. The hoard was buried on the site of an early Christian church, sometime between 750 and 825.

The stem of this one-pronged implement is square in section. At one end is a long claw-like projection which springs from an expanded spur.

The objects in the St Ninian's Isle hoard probably belonged to a Pictish chief who buried his precious objects for safekeeping, perhaps at a time of danger such as a Viking raid.

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