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From Heights of Brae, Ross-shire

Postcard of Bracelet.
000-100-043-984-C
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Bracelet

This gold penannular bracelet is part of a hoard of gold jewellery and dress accessories found at the Heights of Brae in Ross-shire. It was probably made in Ireland and imported to Scotland sometime between 950 and 750 BC.

Five penannular bracelets with expanded terminals were found in the hoard. The decoration on this one is unfinished.

The Heights of Brae hoard was buried either for safekeeping or as a gift to the gods. It contains precious items which were very valuable and rare at the time, and it illustrates the links between Ireland and Scotland in the early 1st millennium BC.


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Online ID: 000-100-043-984-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FE 97
Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
Material: Gold; expanded terminals, solid and cone-shaped with a rough lip; round-sectioned bar with a crack and a bump; one side markedly more scratched than the other
Dimensions: 69.40 mm x 50.30 mm
What: Armlet, penannular
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Where: Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Heights of Brae
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Description: Gold penannular armlet with expanded terminals, from Heights of Brae, Easter Ross
References:
  • Clarke, D.V. and Kemp, M.M.B. A hoard of Late Bronze Age gold objects from Heights of Brae, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 114 (1984), pp 189-98. 
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