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Strap mount

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From Valtos, Uig, Lewis, Outer Hebrides

Postcard of Strap mount.
000-100-102-641-C
© National Museums Scotland

Strap mount

This gilt bronze strap mount, perhaps for a belt, was found in a woman's grave at Valtos at Uig on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. She was buried between 800 and 900 with personal ornaments of both Viking and Scottish/Irish origin.

The central part of the disc is now empty, but originally held a stone setting. Around this is a small feather pattern, in turn encircled by a panel of interlace in a chip-carved technique. The decoration suggests a Scottish or Irish manufacture.

This grave from Valtos and the nearby Crip burials illustrate the mixture of personal objects assembled by Viking settlers in Scotland. Some were brought from Scandinavia, while others, such as this one, were made in workshops around the Irish Sea.


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Online ID: 000-100-102-641-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.IL 378
Date: 800 - 900 AD
Between 800 and 900
Material: Bronze; circular
Dimensions: 2.75" D
What: Disc
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Where: Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Uig, Valtos
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Description: Gilt, chip-carved bronze disc, from Valtos, Uig, Lewis, 800 - 900 AD
References:
  • Grieg, Sigurd. Viking Antiquities in Scotland (=Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part II, ed. by Haakon Shetelig). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1940, pp 75-7. 
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