Summary

Iron penannular brooch from a cist with extended female inhumation at Luffness, East Lothian

Accession Number

X.FA 93

Other references

Original description

PERSONAL ORNAMENTS, &c. Penannular ring of bronze 1" in diam. with thickened terminals, behind each of which 4 or 5 pairs of cuts form a herring-bone pattern. Presumably a brooch with a pin awanting. From Luffness, East Lothian.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Luffness, Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1946

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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