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Brooch (Piece)

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From Croy, Inverness-shire

Brooch (Piece)
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This piece of a silver penannular brooch with gilt panels was found at Croy in Inverness-shire in a hoard consisting primarily of Pictish jewellery. It was buried between 800 and 900.

Almost half of the brooch survives. The end has gilt panels with geometric patterns and four settings for amber, though only one survives. The brooch is broken on the hoop where a sunken panel had interlace ornament.

A variety of Pictish penannular brooches have been found. They all have a characteristic panel on the hoop and frequently they have lobed terminals. The pins, when they survive, are quite distinctive. Silver and bronze examples are known.

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