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Bracelets

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from Kirk o' Banks, Rattar, Caithness

Postcard of Bracelets.
000-100-043-661-C
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Bracelets

These five silver bracelets are part of a hoard of eight such bracelets buried in a cist at Kirk o' Banks at Rattar in Caithness. They are examples of a distinctive bracelet type common in Viking Age Scotland. Unusually, these were found in a burial.

The simple bracelets, of a type called 'ring-money', are plain. All have nicks, small cuts made to test silver purity when the silver exchanged hands.

'Ring-money' highlights the overlap between ornament and bullion. They could be worn to display wealth, but when needed could be used as payment, cut up if necessary, and weighed on a balance. Some were manufactured to an approximate weight standard.


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Online ID: 000-100-043-661-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.IL 118
Date: Deposited in the 10th or 11th century
Material: Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Dimensions: 3" D
3.00" D
3.00" D
3.00" D
3.00" D
What: Ring, penannular
Ring, penannular
Ring, penannular
Ring, penannular
Ring, penannular
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Who:
Where: Scotland, Caithness, Dunnet, Ratter, Kirk o' Banks
Scotland, Caithness, Dunnet, Ratter, Kirk o' Banks
Scotland, Caithness, Dunnet, Ratter, Kirk o' Banks
Scotland, Caithness, Dunnet, Ratter, Kirk o' Banks
Scotland, Caithness, Dunnet, Ratter, Kirk o' Banks
Event:
Description: Silver penannular ring from a Viking ring money hoard found at Kirk o' Banks, Caithness
Silver penannular ring from a Viking ring money hoard found at Kirk o' Banks, Caithness
Silver penannular ring from a Viking ring money hoard found at Kirk o' Banks, Caithness
Silver penannular ring from a Viking ring money hoard found at Kirk o' Banks, Caithness
Silver penannular ring from a Viking ring money hoard found at Kirk o' Banks, Caithness
References:
  • Graham-Campbell, James. The Viking-age gold and silver of Scotland (AD 850-1100). Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland, 1995, pp. 57-9, 129-30. 
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