Summary

Gold penannular 'lock' ring, found at Gogar Burn, Midlothian, Late Bronze Age 950 - 750 BC

Accession Number

X.FE 7

Other references

Original description

ORNAMENTS OF GOLD, &C. Small Capsule of penannular form, found at Gogar, Mid-Lothian, with sword (DL 6) and brooch (FC 153). [MoS description] Symbols of power. Adorning the body. Jewellery for the head and neck. (4) Hair ornament, Gogar Burn. 950 - 750 BC. [Scran caption] This gold hair ornament was found at Gogar Burn in Midlothian together with a sword and scabbard fitting. It was an expensive of item of dress, worn to impress, dating from between 950 and 750 BC. The hair ornament is cracked in places and damaged on one end. Date: Between 950 and 750 BC. Material: Gold. References - Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134, esp. pp 35-6, 91, 118.; Eogan, G. The accomplished art. Oxford: Oxbow Monograph 42, 1994.

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)

Gogar Burn, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1866

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Mrs Bell

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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