Stud and Sheet bronze (Fragment)

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This gold and garnet stud and sheet bronze fragment were found at the site of the royal hillfort at Dunadd in Argyll. Both were exotic items obtained through links with Northumbria, probably as gifts from visiting nobles or as part of their belongings.

The stud is a gold-mounted cabochon (domed) garnet decorated with three bands of gold filigree. The very thin sheet bronze is decorated with a stylised animal in a repoussé technique. Both were cut from larger objects.

Excavations at Dunadd have revealed much evidence for the manufacture of high status jewellery and trinkets, including metalwork fragments destined for reuse by Dunadd craft specialists as prestigious new objects.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-307-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.1997.435
• Date: 600 - 700 AD
  600 - 700 AD
  Between 600 and 700
  
• Material: Gold, garnet
  Pressblech / fragment
  Stud
  
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• What: Pressblech / fragment
  Stud
  
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• Who:
• Where: England, Northumbria
  England, Northumbria
  Scotland, Argyll, Kilmartin, Dunadd
  Scotland, Argyll, Kilmartin, Dunadd
  
• Event:
• Description: Gold and garnet stud from Dunadd, Argyll, imported from Northumbria, 600 - 700 AD
  Pressblech fragment from Dunadd, Argyll, imported from Northumbria, 600 - 700 AD
  
• References:
  • Campbell, E. and Lane, A. Celtic and Germanic interaction in Dalriada: the 7th century metalworking site at Dunadd. In: Spearman, R.M. and Higgitt, J. (eds.) The age of migrating ideas. Edinburgh and Stroud: National Museums of Scotland and Alan Sutton, 1 
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