From Cairngryffe Hill, Lanarkshire
Add to albumThis thick bronze rein guide from a yoke, also known as a terret, was found at Cairngryffe in Lanarkshire. It dates from between the first four centuries AD.
The rein guide is of a type known as a massive terret.
Entire carts or wagons from this period rarely survive. Often all that is left are metal fittings and bindings, such as the harness fittings which attached a yoke to the harness.
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- Online ID: 000-100-041-064-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland X.HH 464
- Date: Between 0 and 400 AD
- Material: Copper alloy, bluish-grey surface
Terret
- Dimensions: 2.63" H x 3.25" W
- What: Terret
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- Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Pettinain, Cairngryffe Hill
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- Description: Massive copper alloy terret with bluish-grey surface, from Cairngryffe Hill, Lanarkshire
- References:
- MacGregor, Morna. Early Celtic art in North Britain. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1976, vol. 1, pp. 47-8, 71; vol. 2, no. 112.
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