Horns of bronze

These two bronze horns were found with a unique pony cap at Torrs, at Kelton in Kirkcudbrightshire. Their relationship to the cap is unclear, but they were not originally attached to it when it was first made.

Both horns are engraved with tendril patterns. A duck's head with large eyes, once filled with coral bosses, is preserved on one horn, and presumably was present on the other.

It is not known what the horns originally came from. They are unlikely to be drinking horns, as previously suggested, but would have come from an ostentatious display object. Both the horns and cap were probably buried as gifts to the gods.

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