Summary

Silver bangle terminal, undecorated and broken before transition to bangle body, from Norrie's Law, Fife, 500 - 700 AD

Accession Number

X.FC 44

Other references

Original description

PERSONAL ORNAMENTS, &C. Small fragments, clippings, etc. Norrie's Law, near Largo, Fifeshire. [MoS description] Melting rocks, forging metal. Moving metal, recycling metal. Recycling Roman silver. (11) Chopped up silver, Norrie's Law. 500 - 700 AD. Alice Blackwell note, 20.04.2015: Silver bangle terminal, undecorated and broken before transition to bangle body. The terminal is the same form as x.FC 53 and x.FC 44, with parts of two rounded facets that create a sub-circular-shaped terminal surviving, but now lacking the raised border marking the transition to the bangle body. The back of the terminal has a sharp, neat cut (L 10mm) along one edge that appears to be a deliberate clip; a similar cut is found on other bangle terminals: x.FC 53 and x.FC 46. No other convincing cuts are apparent on the broken edges. The surface of the reverse is somewhat crazed. This terminal is of a comparable width (although not thickness) to another (x.FC 46) and might possibly be from the same object.

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

Durham, James, General, 1754 - 1840
Buist, George, 1805 - 1860

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

1819

Method (e.g. excavation)

Chance discovery

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Norrie's Law, Largo, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1864

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Mrs Dundas Durham

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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