Summary

Fragment of silver bangle with undecorated sub-circular terminal, from Norrie's Law, Fife, 500 - 700 AD

Accession Number

X.FC 53

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: Fragment of a plain silver curved-section bangle with undecorated terminal. The body of the bangle has been formed by repoussé and some fine texture from toolmarks remains; these are clearly visible at the transition to terminal. The junction between the body and terminal is marked by a raised border, and then two gentle facets which create a sub-circular-shaped terminal with rounded end. The back of the terminal has a sharp, neat cut from one edge that appears to be a deliberate clip; a similar cut is found on other Norrie's Law bangle terminals: x.FC 46 and x.FC 44. The broken edge of the bangle body is partly straight (perhaps hacked) and partly irregular. Alice Blackwell note, 15.09.2015: This is one of 13 fragments sampled by NMS Collections Science for analysis by PIXE in 2009.

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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